John And Garry Podcast

Water. It is the essential part of life and something that in a first world country we take for granted. We assume it is safe to drink, we assume it is clean.. But is it as clean as we actually think? What many people do not realise is just how much of our sewage is recycled into drinking water.. Yes, the water we wash in and drink in… more often is recycled sewage. Many large towns discharge their treated sewage into the catchment rivers that supply the cities But should we stop drinking it? Should we all panic? Dr Ian Wright is a Senior Lecturer in Natural Science at the University of Western Sydney