California Approves Recycling Sewage into Drinking Water to Combat Drought

California's Water Resources Control Board has approved new rules allowing water agencies to turn wastewater, including water from toilets, into drinking water. The state hopes that this move will provide a more reliable source of drinking water in the drought-prone region. California is the second state, after Colorado, to implement statewide regulations for the direct use of recycled wastewater. Water agencies in San Diego and Los Angeles already have plans in place for wastewater recycling, and the new rules require agencies to inform customers before implementing this process.