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[โ€“] leisesprecher@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Of course it is. Or do you really think, cow and pig manure is fundamentally different from our shit?

The only difference are some germs, but that can be handled - otherwise water treatment plants would cause epidemics downstream.

It most definitely is not.

https://www.fda.gov/media/117422/download https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil

I believe some small pilot programs in EU allowed specific types of TREATED sewage to be used, but that's a whole different thing.