How dirty is toilet water?

Question

It's for a science project. I'm trying to see if toilet water can aid the growth of plants.

Answer 1

i dont think the toilet waters that dirty

its like fresh or clean  water

but i dont think u wanna drink from it

Answer 2

It is better you don't use it becaues it is as bad as a ditch water.You may use dung for aiding growth of plants and not toilet water.

Answer 3

Ever seen a lateral line? Grass grows like crazy over a lateral line.

Raw recycled water from sewage plants is used on many golf courses. You just got to remember not to l**k your balls while in play.

Answer 4

It depends on if you mean used toilet water or the "clean" water that refills the toilet.

I don't know exactly how clean toilet water is that depends on how often the toilet gets cleaned as well.  I did do an expeirement in High School though where we measured the bacteria around the school.  I found that the mouthpiece on the school pay phone had twice as much bacteria as the inside of a toilet.

So i would say that yes the unused toilet water could aid in the growth of plants.  It comes through the city water pipes just like water from a faucet.  Only thing that adds bacteria is the condition of the toilet bowl it goes into.

Answer 5

'Night soil', (human waste), has been used as a fertilizer

for many years.

Mixed with water it would be just as good for the plants provided

there was not too much water.

There are certain health hazards involved. Mostly to the farmer,

(though I'd REALLY wash those greens if I knew it had

been employed to grow my salad.)