On the reclamation imperative“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” — Benjamin FranklinSince I live in a desert and manage a facility that produces drinking-quality water from raw wastewater, I am obviously going to be biased toward reclamation being the default (“The Reclamation Imperative,” TPO, August 2014).Treatment to a higher level is not cheap by any means. However, we should not compare that cost to what it takes to pump and disinfect groundwater or treat surface water. The justification is based on future costs, when (in our case) desalination or source water importation may be required.
