"The water is basically so pure when it comes out of a membrane system that you actually have to add stuff back in it to be able to drink it, otherwise it would leach stuff out of your body."

There are a couple of things we can agree on.

Tampa Bay is growing. Like a lot. By 2050, some estimates say the region’s population will swell by nearly 1.5 million people, adding to the roughly 5 million who are already here.

And all those people need water.

Tampa Bay is lucky. The area is sandwiched by water. What we drink comes from three sources: rivers, groundwater from wells and desalinated sea water.

But there is another resource parts of the region draw upon to relieve pressure on our drinking supply — reclaimed water.

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