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Perth ready to drink purified sewage water

Ourified sewage water

Ourified sewage water Source: Getty

Australia's first scheme to recycle sewage for drinking water will be operational by the end of the year in Perth, the state has announced.Water Minister Mia Davies said the "Groundwater Replenishment Scheme" would inject 14 billion litres of wastewater into the Gnangara aquifer after advanced purification at the Craigie treatment plant.


 

 


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