In a new video posted to his blog, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates brings awareness to water reuse, clean drinking water and the need to improve worldwide sanitation. The video shows Gates drinking clean water generated from the Omniprocessor, a project from Seattle engineering firm Janicki Bioenergy that converts wastewater to energy and drinking water.“The Ominprocessor is a safe repository for human waste,” writes Gates in his blog. “Today, in many places without modern sewage systems, truckers take the waste from latrines and dump it into the nearest river or ocean — or a treatment facility that doesn’t actually
News Briefs: Bill Gates Demonstrates Value of Water Reuse
In this week's water and wastewater news, Bill Gates demonstrates the power of reuse, a North Carolina city reconsiders biosolids and the Chesapeake Bay gets a failing grade.
Jan 08, 2015 | by Jennifer West |














