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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

That's some good drinkin'


SYRACUSE, Utah - The water looks clear, but the label on the bottle tells a different story.

"Ingredients," notes the back side of the bottle's label: "Water, fecal matter, toilet paper, hair, lint, rancid grease, stomach acid and trace amounts of Pepto Bismol, chocolate, urine, body oils, dead skin, industrial chemicals (aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, selenium, silver arsenic, mercury,) ammonia, ... soil, laundry soap, bath soap, shaving cream, sweat, saliva, salt, sugar. No artificial colors or preservatives. Some variations in taste and/or color may occur due to holidays, predominant cuisine preference, infiltration/inflow, or sewer cross-connections."

The specially labeled bottle water comes courtesy of the North Davis Sewer District.

Sewer-district manager Kevin Cowan hands out bottles to those who tour its facilities.

Cowan says he's trying to make a point with the disgusting ingredients.

"We make them (visitors) think it is the treatment product," he said. "But it's also a lesson about our environment ... (about) being more conscious about what goes down the drain."

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