Tuesday 1 November 2022 08:19 PM How every glass of tap water you drink has been consumed by up to TEN people ... trends now
The water you drink from the tap has been drunk up to 10 times by people before, because wastewater is continually passed through one of two different cycles before making a full circle back to your sink's faucet.
The water on Earth today is the same water that has been here for nearly five billion years, meaning you are also drinking dinosaur urine, but water flowing in your area is recycled through the same cycling facilities over and over again - and mixing between your home and everyone else's.
Once you rid your body of the water, it embarks on a journey to the sewage plant where it is purified for direct use or it takes a different path to a natural water body that flows out to sea before returning back to your home.
While humans have been separating waste and water thousands of years, it was not until the beginning of the 21st century did people perfect the technique that allows for safe drinking water.
After the water is consumed from the tap it drains into a wastewater pipeline, which leads to the area’s wastewater treatment plant where it is either purified for human use or released into the environment
The start of the Bronze Age, which started around 3200 BC , is when humans began reusing wastewater for irrigation and aquaculture, a practice found among ancient civilizations living in China, Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Roman systems for harvesting rainwater from rooftops for domestic uses have also been discovered in cities such as Pompeii, which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 74 AD.
People living in Germany and France during the 13th century built fishponds built to receive nutrient-rich wastewater diverted from abbey latrines.
In the 19th century, unintended wastewater reuse also took place in various countries through the operation of sewage farms originally engineered for sanitation purposes, where wastewater was applied to land to benefit from its fertilizing value.
Today the world uses more sophisticated
