Sir James Bevan: “Be ‘less squeamish’ about drinking water from sewage”

Before you ask, this is not a parody. From the Guardian’s story on this:

British people need to be “less squeamish” about drinking water derived from sewage, the boss of the Environment Agency has said.[…] He said: “Part of the solution will be to reprocess the water that results from sewage treatment and turn it back into drinking water – perfectly safe and healthy, but not something many people fancy.”

Bevan admitted the move would be “unpopular” and reactions on social media have been mixed but he said there was a need to “change how we think about water”. “We need to remember where it comes from: when we turn on the tap, what comes out started in a river, lake or aquifer. The more we take, the more we drain those sources and put stress on nature and wildlife.”

Source: Guardian, BBC, NY Times.