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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They probably treat the water to prevent mineral and bacterial build up. No matter how sanitary it is it will probably require some amount of treatment before it can be put back into public drinking supplies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, all sewer water requires treatment before it's used again but this water doesn't go into the sewer, it's evaporative cooling so it goes into the air.