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AnimalShithouse t1_j2iugpx wrote

Reply to comment by blackwhattack in Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking by Sariel007

Well if clean water is leaking into the ground the problem is we're spending money to clean that water and effectively lighting that money on fire.

And if it's billions of poopwater litres going into the ground... That is really not so great.

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WeinMe t1_j2jqho9 wrote

I think the transport is the problem.

They lose 3bn litres of water - that's 3 bn litres that shouldn't have a bunch of force applied to it to set in motion.

Another thing is the fluid dynamics. Leaks fuck with the flow and makes it much more demanding to transport the water.

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chronicly_retarded t1_j2j0eqa wrote

Actually it IS great. Poop is a good fertilizer.

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moosemasher t1_j2j1tlx wrote

You don't want to be spreading faeces around though, and even on fields you shouldn't spread too much else it gets into waterways, leading to algal blooms which then kill animal life.

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ChimpBrisket t1_j2j1sq0 wrote

And the fact it tastes great is an added bonus

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chronicly_retarded t1_j2j6jfp wrote

Are you eating unwashed vegetables straight after pulling them from the dirt?

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kotarix t1_j2jfqop wrote

Eww no. Dip it in stagnate pond water first.

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olderthanbefore t1_j2j9ckm wrote

Pathogens too. That's why you must treat the wastewater before releasing it into the environment. You also want to change the N and P in the wastewater into more bio-available forms before using it as fertilizer

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domdomdeoh t1_j2jbc29 wrote

When you account for the amount of stimulants, medication, microplastics, antibiotics and hormone treatment (some fish population are turning female only due to contraceptive agents (from pill) present in urine found in waste water that ends up in waterways, fucking up the ecosystem...

No.

Human waste is definitely not what you want to use to fertilize the ground.

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