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Feb 2024
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Is Recycled Water Coming to Your Tap?

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The city’s rapid growth and increasingly drier years has us wondering: could recycled water be in Boise’s future? Executive producer Frankie Barnhill’s finding out with Environmental Division Manager Haley Falconer and Recycled Water Program Manager Royce Davis, two of the people working on the city’s new recycled water program. Plus, why beer was a perfect early test for this technology. 

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