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How the water you flush becomes the water you drink - Francis de los Reyes

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In 2003, Singapore’s national water agency launched an unprecedented program to provide more than 50% of their nation’s water supply by recycling wastewater. The program had been planned for decades to ensure the island nation never ran out of clean water. But is it really safe to reuse anything we flush down the toilet? Francis de los Reyes explains the science of wastewater treatment.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Francis de los Reyes
Director
Jody Ghani Nordby
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Music
Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
Sound Designer
Nirana Singh, cAMP Studio
Producer
The Animation Workshop, Anna Bechtol, Sazia Afrin
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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