Florida is under severe drought. As water becomes increasingly scarce, treated sewage has suddenly become a subject of interest. The Slog covered how Orange County, CA is considering this solution last week and Florida is also considering reuse as a solution.

As it appeared in yesterday's Baltimore Sun:

Sometimes good news still stinks ("Md. sewage spills have ebbed with drought," Jan. 2).

One case in point: When the Maryland Department of the Environment reports that only 24 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into our rivers and streams between January and September of last year, that was a lot better than the 352 million gallons that spilled in 2003, but still enough sewage to fill 40 Olympic-size swimming pools.

Droughts across the U.S. are spurring drinking water authorities to develop creative and practical solutions to addressing the population's water demands. Orange County, California is even going so far as to recycle its own sewage grey water into pure drinking water:
 
From the LA Times: