It's time to stop calling them wastewater treatment plants. Henceforth they shall be known as #water recovery plants
— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) September 23, 2015
jfleck at inkstain
A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico
Meh. I say call them “sewage treatment plants.” That’s what they are. We don’t need more euphemisms to bend language to diguise reality. Rather, we should bend our minds to accept reality. When Dick Cheney talked about “enhanced interrogation techniques” he meant torture.
Here’s a good short read on the subject:
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/eco_euphemisms_confuse_our_understanding_of_environmental_destruction/