Denver's Demonstration of Potable Water Reuse: Water Quality and Health Effects Testing Available to Purchase

The product water of the Denver (Colorado) Potable Water Reuse Demonstration Plant is compared to national and international standards for drinking water quality and with the high quality of the present drinking water supply. For parameters which cannot be analyzed or quantified, health effects testing is performed on concentrates of the existing and the innovative supplies. In order to determine relative risk, the health effects are assessed using the measures of chronic toxicity, carcinogenicity, and reproductive toxicity. For measurable constituents, the potable reuse product water equals or exceeds the high quality of Denver's existing drinking water. The preliminary results of the health effects testing demonstrate no health effects associated with either water. Potable reuse is shown to be an acceptable alternative water source which should be evaluated with other traditional supplies.