where does water in modern plumbing come from and where does it go?

Question

I don’t understand how you can just leave the tap on–where does that water come from?

Is the water from your kitchen sink and your toilet the same water?

Is water really being “wasted”?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

In my area the water goes to a treatment plant upon entering the drain and then into the sewer pipe, where the waste is separated from the water and “cleaned” enough to get put back into a river that heads to the ocean. When we get too much rain sometimes they have to dump the raw sewage and pay a fine and issue an advisory to avoid the river for a few days.