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Re:California moves to cut off water to thousands of farmers by TaylorAlexander on Saturday July 24, 2021 @05:02PM (#27944445)
Right but apparently that doesn't kill me. The question is what happens to industrial runoff in the water stream and if that has any effect on food safety.
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Re:California moves to cut off water to thousands of farmers by ethbr0 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @05:18PM (#27944568)
I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) US stormwater / runoff systems have to be isolated from sewer systems. Maybe an EPA requirement?

So reclaimed water is typically dealing with "anything anyone puts down a piped drain in their house."

(That said, I think there are also runoff processing requirements before discharge into waterways too)

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