https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-epa-says-we-need-to-reuse-wastewater/

On September 10, 2019, at the 34th Annual WateReuse Symposium in San Diego, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a draft National Water Reuse Action Plan for public comment—containing 46 proposed actions, to be accomplished by a mix of federal, state, private, local and private stakeholders, in order to promote 10 strategic objectives.

For many in the water sector, this was a welcome recognition—a validation, if you will, of a new movement and set of practices and technologies that will impact drinking water, energy, agriculture and industry throughout the nation. These all add up to something called “water reuse,” the discovery of “found water” in a community’s own waste stream converted into a valuable resource. Collectively, these new approaches deconstruct the very idea of “wastewater.” No longer is there such a thing. There is only water that is wasted.