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My comment was just a dig at British water companies pumping heaps of shit into waterways.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-62631320
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22dl509vjo
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No (but it's not a silly question). There aren't any water treatment plants in the UK that turn sewage into water at the moment. Southern Water have proposed one, but it's controversial.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/12bn-plan-to-turn-sewage-waste-into-drinking-water-branded-a-dangerous-white-elephant#:~:text=A%20%C2%A31.2bn%20scheme,potential%20costly%20%E2%80%9Cwhite%20elephant%E2%80%9D.
Contrary to popular opinion London water hasn't already been through six people, the water processed by Coppermills ('our' plant) comes from higher up the Lea valley, the New River and the (non-tidal) Thames at Hampton via a tunnel. It's then stored in reservoirs (some of which form Walthamstow Wetlands) before being treated and pumped around London via the Thames Water ring main as drinking water.
It can process up to 680 million litres a day. FACT!