eli5 Is there a reason the waste water like from showers can’t be filtered through pipes and used for toilet water?

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eli5 Is there a reason the waste water like from showers can’t be filtered through pipes and used for toilet water?

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Umm so many answers but as the son of a plumber all i can think of is how u gonna get that shower water back UP and into the toilent tank. You need a pump. Just think how much pubes and crap are gonna jam up that pump and how oftem youre gonna need to change it. NO THANKS!