The wages of drought

Posted on April 15, 2014 | 3 Comments

It’s a staple of some science fiction, the recycling of human urine on a spaceship to keep the crew supplied with drinking water.

Now Wichita Falls wants to go half-way: treating so-called gray-water, toilet flushes—but not the actual urine—for drinking water.

Drought is normal in Texas, but with recent population increases—all those victims of the Democrat economy looking for jobs—the wages of drought are getting serious.

UPDATE:  Lubbock and Big Spring are already building treatment plants to do the same thing.

MORE: Austin also is considering it.

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3 responses to “The wages of drought”

  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | April 15, 2014 at 9:08 am |

    One of my wife’s clubs has a function there (Wichita Falls) pretty soon. I’ll caution her to stick to Diet Coke on her trip…

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | April 15, 2014 at 9:52 am |

    Heh. Probably wise. I don’t see how they could separate the urine from the gray water. Not to mention the, uh, solid waste. Add in Lubbock and Big Spring (see update), too..

  3. snoopythegoon's avatar snoopythegoon | April 18, 2014 at 4:19 am |

    Desalination is the only ticket. We here will be getting to 60% soon. And I, the eternal pessimist, didn’t believe it will ever happen here.