Living in California, where the majority of our water is used for crops and irrigation, this won’t solve our problem. It isn’t a bad solution, but the video purposefully didn’t say how much of our water is actually used for toilets because it’s a drop in the bucket. We need a combination of this, more efficient irrigation, and probably desalination plants to really make a difference.
yup, it's important to put this into context. We need this technology, but the real savings is probably better irrigation and crop management. Then there's the elephant in the room, which is that most of our crops actually go towards feed for livestock.
I live in Austria, in the Alps, and we have A LOT of water. It's extremely clean because it comes directly from the mountains. And we won't run out of it. Every lawn is green without watering it. We even flush our toilets with this clean drinking water. And STILL we recycle all of the "waste water" 100%. It's completely normal and logical for us to do so. And we don't even think about the term "from toilet to tab". We know that this water is in fact clean and perfectly fine.
Extreme weather has a tremendous impact all over the world. If there’s only rare snowfall, can people living in high mountains still get abundant supply of water?
Same In Canada . We have 20% of the world's fresh water. I took a walk in the woods the other day and found a stream of fresh water. They are easy to find in the mountains. I filled my water bottle with it
The water used is the bathroom is 100% RECYCLED everywhere. ONLY AGRICULTURAL "USES" WATER (because of evaporation). It DOES NOT matter how much water you use in the bathroom because it goes right back into the ground.
most likely that is the americans because they are wasteful & always looking to steal it from the majority for the minority, manufacturing, crops, dairy, construction, production etc..!
Old toilets use significantly more water, I have used several toilets that use over 5 gallons per flush. US homeowners are likely to upgrade their toilets over time, because regulations and more expensive water.
Use green electricity and vacuum to flush, non sticky coated interiors for the toilets, recycling the wastes back to fertilizers would be a lot cleaner and better solution instead! (Get rid of water from the system altogether)
No. Seriously I'm so tired. I'm a climate researcher and it's again shifting the blame!!!! 1. AGRICULTURE wastes around 40% of all global fresh water we use. 40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fix the pipes first then 2. Let's check the water usage by the 1-10% of the RICHEST of this planet. Lets check their pools, their Jacuzzis, their green gardens and sprinklers, golf courses. And then let's go to 3. MANUFACTURE. Check how much water is wasted in production of almost everything!!!!!!!!! And then, only then, let's talk about limiting consumer water consumption. Seriously I just can't. 20 years of telling facts and people are still making these videos. Well. It was roduced by Bloomberg so you got your answer!
There are ways to save water and prevent water scarcity: Sustainable water management, Reclaimed water, Pollution control & better sewage treatment, Awareness & Education.
London has been doing this for at least 50yrs, passed through the body 7 times typically with minerals added only countries who do not do this out of priviledge are the ones who don't know and think it's bad!
Why are we not thinking of alternative flush system or dry (vacuum cleaned) toilets as in aircrafts or other means to get rid of the water flush system altogether?
Perth in Western Australia has a similar climate to Cape Town and a few decades ago it was facing a similar water shortage. I remember reading articles written in Sydney forecasting that Perth would become a waterless ghost town. The Water Corporation here made its plans and before we could reach crisis point it had a desalination plant running, powered mostly from a wind farm, supplementing the natural supply we get from a large underground aquifer. Now here's the clever part: Water Corp knew there would be a disgust factor if it pumped recycled waste water into the drinking water supply. So now we have a recycling plant pumping its fully purified water down into the aquifer, mixing in the aquifer with ancient underground water and recent rain water. So the water pumped up from the aquifer is just...water! No sense of its being reject water. Our supply now consists mostly of water from the aquifer plus water from two desalination plants.
But we already are ? A single kg of beef use about 15000 litres of water. You can flush your toilet everyday for a year with that amount of water. Our way of living is unsustainable Wich is why we will actually run out
Because it'd be way too complicated like all your piping in your house? Double it now. Sewers? Double them. Say a city like Houston near the ocean where this theoretically could work where do you send the waste water? Want to treat it before letting it back in the ocean? You're going to need to have a lot more treatment facilities and designated piping and pumping infrastructure for that. Don't want to treat it? Then you're ruined the vast beaches of Texas with literal feces and other human waste as well as the surrounding bays and canals. Plus salt itself is highly highly corrosive so all those pipes and pumped and that entire system would need constant high intensity maintenance. Sorry for going on a long spiel just wanted to try to help show you the nitty gritty details on how complex these issues are. There's also tons of other issues with that solution alone but That's okay
The solution is to challenge farmers to not use ground or diverted water for crops. That's the problem and the solution, not for everyone to bend over for corporate profiteers. But you're all about business, so you want a solution that retains corporate profits.
Drinking what Singapore calls "new water" is not drinking toilet water. I suggest you listen again to the video. All city water supplies are purified and if they come from dams or rivers a lot of animal, and perhaps human, droppings are removed. The water is fully purified, cleaner than a mountain stream. If you have passed through Singapore airport you have consumed this water.
The future of water scarcity is holding large corporations accountable, not a tech gimmick. And I of course support the idea of recycling all water, toilet included, but even if completely implemented, it won't solve the issue.
Living in California, where the majority of our water is used for crops and irrigation, this won’t solve our problem. It isn’t a bad solution, but the video purposefully didn’t say how much of our water is actually used for toilets because it’s a drop in the bucket. We need a combination of this, more efficient irrigation, and probably desalination plants to really make a difference.
yup, it's important to put this into context. We need this technology, but the real savings is probably better irrigation and crop management. Then there's the elephant in the room, which is that most of our crops actually go towards feed for livestock.
residential use 8%. ,Agriculture use is the rest. Agriculture needs to be more efficient in water usage.
Can you elaborate?
I live in Austria, in the Alps, and we have A LOT of water. It's extremely clean because it comes directly from the mountains. And we won't run out of it. Every lawn is green without watering it. We even flush our toilets with this clean drinking water.
And STILL we recycle all of the "waste water" 100%. It's completely normal and logical for us to do so. And we don't even think about the term "from toilet to tab". We know that this water is in fact clean and perfectly fine.
same in Belgium where I live
Where in Austria? Innsbruck?
Extreme weather has a tremendous impact all over the world. If there’s only rare snowfall, can people living in high mountains still get abundant supply of water?
Same In Canada . We have 20% of the world's fresh water. I took a walk in the woods the other day and found a stream of fresh water. They are easy to find in the mountains. I filled my water bottle with it
Really liked this one. Please do more water stories! (Marine biologist here)
The water used is the bathroom is 100% RECYCLED everywhere.
ONLY AGRICULTURAL "USES" WATER (because of evaporation).
It DOES NOT matter how much water you use in the bathroom because it goes right back into the ground.
Toilets are 1.6 gallons or less, not "up to four" gallons
And she said AVERAGE 4 gallons a flush. Toilets haven’t averaged over 2 gallons since last century. Blatant propaganda. Unsubscribing.
most likely that is the americans because they are wasteful & always looking to steal it from the majority for the minority, manufacturing, crops, dairy, construction, production etc..!
Lol bye
I think they forgot to carry the decimal point.
Old toilets use significantly more water, I have used several toilets that use over 5 gallons per flush. US homeowners are likely to upgrade their toilets over time, because regulations and more expensive water.
I thought that water treatment was already widespread in all developed country. It's not even in the US?
Use green electricity and vacuum to flush, non sticky coated interiors for the toilets, recycling the wastes back to fertilizers would be a lot cleaner and better solution instead! (Get rid of water from the system altogether)
No. Seriously I'm so tired. I'm a climate researcher and it's again shifting the blame!!!! 1. AGRICULTURE wastes around 40% of all global fresh water we use. 40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fix the pipes first then 2. Let's check the water usage by the 1-10% of the RICHEST of this planet. Lets check their pools, their Jacuzzis, their green gardens and sprinklers, golf courses. And then let's go to 3. MANUFACTURE. Check how much water is wasted in production of almost everything!!!!!!!!! And then, only then, let's talk about limiting consumer water consumption. Seriously I just can't. 20 years of telling facts and people are still making these videos. Well. It was roduced by Bloomberg so you got your answer!
There are ways to save water and prevent water scarcity: Sustainable water management, Reclaimed water, Pollution control & better sewage treatment, Awareness & Education.
Change ur toilets. In Australia we only use 4 litres per FULL flush….
London has been doing this for at least 50yrs, passed through the body 7 times typically with minerals added only countries who do not do this out of priviledge are the ones who don't know and think it's bad!
Why are we not thinking of alternative flush system or dry (vacuum cleaned) toilets as in aircrafts or other means to get rid of the water flush system altogether?
Perth in Western Australia has a similar climate to Cape Town and a few decades ago it was facing a similar water shortage. I remember reading articles written in Sydney forecasting that Perth would become a waterless ghost town. The Water Corporation here made its plans and before we could reach crisis point it had a desalination plant running, powered mostly from a wind farm, supplementing the natural supply we get from a large underground aquifer. Now here's the clever part: Water Corp knew there would be a disgust factor if it pumped recycled waste water into the drinking water supply. So now we have a recycling plant pumping its fully purified water down into the aquifer, mixing in the aquifer with ancient underground water and recent rain water. So the water pumped up from the aquifer is just...water! No sense of its being reject water. Our supply now consists mostly of water from the aquifer plus water from two desalination plants.
We are absolutely not ever going to run out of water. Nothing leaves this planet unless we send it to space.
But we already are ? A single kg of beef use about 15000 litres of water. You can flush your toilet everyday for a year with that amount of water. Our way of living is unsustainable Wich is why we will actually run out
Interesting show ! Nice job Bloomberg
Cheers from San Diego California
One toilet flush 4 gallons? My old toilet is 1.6gpf, newer is 1.3, do they still sell 4gpf?!
so i just came back from singapore, i just fill bottles using the tap, clean, easy.
It is also where the solution for some upcoming fertilizer shortages can be found…
Why can’t we use untreated sea water for the toilet and fresh water for everything else?
because of the salt
Because it'd be way too complicated like all your piping in your house? Double it now. Sewers? Double them. Say a city like Houston near the ocean where this theoretically could work where do you send the waste water? Want to treat it before letting it back in the ocean? You're going to need to have a lot more treatment facilities and designated piping and pumping infrastructure for that. Don't want to treat it? Then you're ruined the vast beaches of Texas with literal feces and other human waste as well as the surrounding bays and canals. Plus salt itself is highly highly corrosive so all those pipes and pumped and that entire system would need constant high intensity maintenance. Sorry for going on a long spiel just wanted to try to help show you the nitty gritty details on how complex these issues are. There's also tons of other issues with that solution alone but That's okay
What is the name of the presenter?💫
Just use sea water for flushing
NO, it’s less people
The solution is to challenge farmers to not use ground or diverted water for crops. That's the problem and the solution, not for everyone to bend over for corporate profiteers. But you're all about business, so you want a solution that retains corporate profits.
I don't poop.
Thank you Iggy Azalea!
THE SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE, IF WE GENERATE ELECTRICITY FR OM THE SEWAGE WATER, SO THE WATER CAN BE MANAGED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
I HAVE A PROJECT REGARDING THIS CAN YOU PLZ HELP
does she mean water with woddah?
Wrong!--Diet is the most important water waster--in particular eating animals
i am just here downvoting because "4 gallons". yeah.... that is a lie.
Wota ??
from toilet to tap. great tagine.
Maybe astronauts can help in promotion - after all, recycling is *exactly* what they have to do..
Recycled water from toilets might really just be the norm in the not-so-distant future
Acvording to Hollywood
You’re gone . Tired of woke propaganda. Can you lead us by example ?… when a video with you drinking from toilet ?? After someone is using it…
Wait, how exactly is confronting the realities of water scarcity woke propaganda?
This is not what is meant by "woke propaganda".
Drinking what Singapore calls "new water" is not drinking toilet water. I suggest you listen again to the video. All city water supplies are purified and if they come from dams or rivers a lot of animal, and perhaps human, droppings are removed. The water is fully purified, cleaner than a mountain stream. If you have passed through Singapore airport you have consumed this water.
Can you use full and complete sentences?
May I suggest vaccume toilets like in planes ✈️ 💩
The future of water scarcity is holding large corporations accountable, not a tech gimmick.
And I of course support the idea of recycling all water, toilet included, but even if completely implemented, it won't solve the issue.
Iggy Azalea its you?