According to a study done by the University of California, Riverside (UCR), recycled wastewater tastes very similar to bottled water and is in fact more preferred over the mineral-rich tap water used in the experiment. Many studies were already done before ensuring the public that drinking recycled wastewater was safe, with 6 California water agencies already having introduced it into California's drinking water system with a process called Indirect Potable Reuse (IDR). However, this marks the first study to test the taste of said recycled wastewater. The researchers behind the study hope that the results can help dispel the notion that recycled wastewater and recycled water in general is disgusting. The study had 143 participants who were asked to compare the wastewater treated through IDR, conventional groundwater-based tap water, and commercially available bottled water. All were given to participants in similar cups and were unmarked, making the participants blind ...
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