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    Drinking Recycled Water: The Debate Would you drink treated sewage water? September 8, 2010 40 0 Google +6 2 StumbleUpon3 Text Size: AAAAPrint itEmail it Drinking treated sewage is a proposition as emotionally wrought as it is scientifically feasible. That’s why the editors at Reader’s Digest thought it was time to gather together the facts and arguments on both sides of the issue. Here they are, then, and we leave it to you to make up your own mind Not a big deal: The yuck factor Three in four say yes Polls conducted by the University of Wollongong, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald have found that three-quarters of Australians are in favour of drinking recycled water. Just semantics? For Chris Davis, CEO of the Australian Water Association (AWA) and a water engineer with over 30 years’ experience, it’s a matter of how you phrase the question. “People naturally say no to drinking ‘recycled sewage’. But ‘purified recycled water’ is OK.” It’s about education “When we give the public the opportunity to consider the topic, some of them will have the typical ‘yuck’ response,” says Greg Hampton, a water management expert. “But once provided with information and the opportunity to have their questions answered, some will accept the idea.” Public debate necessary In Goulburn, perhaps with an eye to the divisive early referendum in Toowoomba, there has been a more extensive community consultation process over the options such as indirect potable recycling. Moves are underway to educate Australians about recycled drinking water, with the Federal Government spending $200,000 on the cause. Paul Stephenson, mayor of the drought-stricken NSW town of Goulburn: “We’d like to build a new treatment plant. We have an antiquated sewage works that we have to upgrade and in the end we’d only get a mediocre plant. Why not build a modern one that does two things? “The advantage is we’d have an integrated system, where the potable water can go straight into the existing mains and filtration system, without having to be transported across town. The treated drinking water would be available to us sooner and the whole system would be more efficient.” Where do they do it? In Namibia, since 1968, the town of Windhoek has used recycled sewage directly for drinking water during droughts or emergencies. Orange County in North Virginia, USA, and the South African cities of Scottsdale, Pretoria and Cape Town rely on indirect schemes, where recycled sewage is introduced back into a river, dam or aquifer where it mixes with the rest of the water before being retreated for drinking. In Singapore, about 1% of recycled sewage water is used for drinking. Big deal: The yuck factor Brown barrier Can we get past the psychological barrier of drinking water that was once sewage? In 2005 and 2006, the University of Wollongong held a series of focus groups on the subject – participants wanted safeguards to remove hormones, they worried about potential failures in the system, and wondered if they’d trust information about the purity of water. Strangely, people were more worried about showering in recycled sewage than drinking it, says the university’s Greg Hampton, which demonstrates for some that the correlation between more personal uses and rejection of recycled water does not always hold. Recycled effluent “The issue isn’t about producing safe recycled water at a risk level that’s low enough that it doesn’t constitute a serious risk. The issue is the public perception of drinking s--t,” says Dr John Radcliffe, commissioner of the National Water Commission. Failed attempts Last year, Toowoomba City Council tried to introduce a $68 million scheme to treat waste water and use it to top up drinking water supplies in Cooby Dam. Local lobby group Citizens Against Drinking Sewage collected 10,000 signatures against the proposal because of health concerns. The council lost a poll an

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    Drinking Recycled Water: The Debate Would you drink treated sewage water? September 8, 2010 40 0 Google +6 2 StumbleUpon3 Text Size: AAAAPrint itEmail it Drinking treated sewage is a proposition as emotionally wrought as it is scientifically feasible. That’s why the editors at Reader’s Digest thought it was time to gather together the facts and arguments on both sides of the issue. Here they are, then, and we leave it to you to make up your own mind Not a big deal: The yuck factor Three in four say yes Polls conducted by the University of Wollongong, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald have found that three-quarters of Australians are in favour of drinking recycled water. Just semantics? For Chris Davis, CEO of the Australian Water Association (AWA) and a water engineer with over 30 years’ experience, it’s a matter of how you phrase the question. “People naturally say no to drinking ‘recycled sewage’. But ‘purified recycled water’ is OK.” It’s about education “When we give the public the opportunity to consider the topic, some of them will have the typical ‘yuck’ response,” says Greg Hampton, a water management expert. “But once provided with information and the opportunity to have their questions answered, some will accept the idea.” Public debate necessary In Goulburn, perhaps with an eye to the divisive early referendum in Toowoomba, there has been a more extensive community consultation process over the options such as indirect potable recycling. Moves are underway to educate Australians about recycled drinking water, with the Federal Government spending $200,000 on the cause. Paul Stephenson, mayor of the drought-stricken NSW town of Goulburn: “We’d like to build a new treatment plant. We have an antiquated sewage works that we have to upgrade and in the end we’d only get a mediocre plant. Why not build a modern one that does two things? “The advantage is we’d have an integrated system, where the potable water can go straight into the existing mains and filtration system, without having to be transported across town. The treated drinking water would be available to us sooner and the whole system would be more efficient.” Where do they do it? In Namibia, since 1968, the town of Windhoek has used recycled sewage directly for drinking water during droughts or emergencies. Orange County in North Virginia, USA, and the South African cities of Scottsdale, Pretoria and Cape Town rely on indirect schemes, where recycled sewage is introduced back into a river, dam or aquifer where it mixes with the rest of the water before being retreated for drinking. In Singapore, about 1% of recycled sewage water is used for drinking. Big deal: The yuck factor Brown barrier Can we get past the psychological barrier of drinking water that was once sewage? In 2005 and 2006, the University of Wollongong held a series of focus groups on the subject – participants wanted safeguards to remove hormones, they worried about potential failures in the system, and wondered if they’d trust information about the purity of water. Strangely, people were more worried about showering in recycled sewage than drinking it, says the university’s Greg Hampton, which demonstrates for some that the correlation between more personal uses and rejection of recycled water does not always hold. Recycled effluent “The issue isn’t about producing safe recycled water at a risk level that’s low enough that it doesn’t constitute a serious risk. The issue is the public perception of drinking s--t,” says Dr John Radcliffe, commissioner of the National Water Commission. Failed attempts Last year, Toowoomba City Council tried to introduce a $68 million scheme to treat waste water and use it to top up drinking water supplies in Cooby Dam. Local lobby group Citizens Against Drinking Sewage collected 10,000 signatures against the proposal because of health concerns. The council lost a poll an

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    POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

    Urban and Rural Household Population


    Villasis is predominantly rural-based with Barangays Poblacion (Zones I to V), Bacag, Barraca,
    Puelay and San Nicolas classified as urban in the 2010 Census. Poblacion has 6,824 residents or 11% of
    the whole population of the municipality. But the most populous urban barangay is Puelay with 7,159
    residents. The rural areas include Barangay Amamperez, Barongabong, Capulaan, Caramutan, Labit, La
    Paz, Lipay, Lomboy, Piaz, San Blas, Tombod and Unzad. The most populous rural barangay is Piaz where
    4,848 people currently live. (See table)
    Household Population by Urban and Rural Barangays and Average Household Size
    Villasis, Pangasinan As of May 1, 2010
    Classification Barangay Population No. of Households Average
    A. Urban Poblacion
    Zone I 1,430 350 4
    Zone II 2,161 524 4
    Zone III 1,149 267 4
    Zone IV 1,138 288 4
    Zone V 946 185 5
    Bacag 5,721 1,182 5
    Barraca 1,891 379 5
    Puelay 7,159 1,445 5
    San Nicolas 1,868 460 4
    Subtotal 23,463 5,080
    B. Rural Amamperez 4,782 942 5
    Barangobong 3,501 788 4
    Capulaan 3,073 659 5
    Caramutan 3,407 742 5
    Labit 1,179 230 5
    La Paz 1,064 206 5
    Lipay 3,492 691 5
    Lomboy 1,598 337 5
    Piaz 4,848 1,004 5
    San Blas 3,078 675 5
    Tombod 2,136 434 5
    Unzad 3,490 738 5
    Sub-Total 35,648 7,446
    TOTAL 59,111 12,526 5
    Source: NSO 2010

    Historically, the municipality is mostly rural. In the year 1970 about 26,634 or 84.08% of the
    total population are living in the rural areas while 5,042 or 15.92% are in the urban area. In 1975,
    30,350 or 84.12% of the total population were living in the rural areas and 5,730 or 15.88% were in the
    urban area. And in the year 1980 about 33,117 or 84.63% are living in the rural area and about 6,014
    or 15.37% of the total population are in the urban area.
    In the census of 2001, the urban area expanded to include the barangay of Bacag. This is due to
    the fact that Bacag is the barangay closest to Urdaneta City. The spillover of growth from the nearby city
    has been extending south towards Villasis manifested by the mushrooming of various commercial
    establishments and activities in the barangay in recent years. Thus it can be said that the urban
    population grew not by migration but by the expanding urban area.

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