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You probably wouldn't want to drink the stormwater that's washed off of LA pavement.

• ivalm 8y ago
  But after minimal treatment you probably could use that water as "industrial", which is most of the water use anyways (since industrial water is ok for agriculture).
  • Rebelgecko 8y ago
    Would that exacerbate the problem of nasty runoff from agriculture? A large part of why the Salton Sea is the cesspool that it is is due to salt and chemical runoff from farms in the area.
• anonymous5133 8y ago
  Modern water plants can clean it.
  • jandrese 8y ago
    Possibly, but it seems like the setup to a bunch of news stories about heavy metals in our almonds.