Sure whatever. Heat exchanger is heat exchanger.
…until that one breaks.
Then it’s a shit storm.
I assume it’s relatively clean, but not safe to drink
Edit: I don’t think the replies are really getting it. This sounds like a great use of minimally processed water with relatively small risk. It’s much better to use this water than potable water for the same purpose, assuming water is going to be used no matter what.
I always assumed the same… Turns out, a wastewater plant and treatment plant for drinking water look a lot more alike than I thought.
I’m pretty sure you could drink it, you’d just want to do it far enough away that you don’t have to think about where it came from.
I used to put fences around shit sites…they do a number on your stomach for a while til you get used to it.
Which means a leak would be “relatively clean” water getting all over the place.
Just doesn’t sound like a good idea.
Also, are we talking using this water in chiller cooling towers, like most buildings use? So essentially heating that “relatively clean” liquid to about 100° or so (you know, a temp that microbes just love), and releasing it to the atmosphere.
I know a few id like to cool with untreated sewage
Google’s Atlanta Data Center has been doing this for 18 years…
It’s not new nor the only one doing it, but it’s disappointing that people consider it new.
I wish people would study if they could not bother cooling the data centers or raise the thermostat. This article makes it seem unclear if it’s beneficial to do that:
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/warm-data-centers-is-the-consensus-over/
Enjoy your superheated poo water! Surely that will cause no problems, lol!
