I’m learning from the comments. I’m thinking poo water is recycled more often where there is water scarcity. My current town detoxifies the poo water and releases it back into a nearby river instead of reusing it as drinking water. It’s not pure water, but some regulated blend that won’t upset the river ecosystem. Lots of bacteria and other processes involved.

In elementary, we had a field trip to the water treatment plant. It stunk… badly 🤢, but it was cool learning how it worked.

My mostly Hispanic hometown’s water was mixed with recycled poo water. It was heavily filtered and processed and was probably safe… But still.

It also had a chemical taste to it.

Edit: In the US

They exist for adults too, but I’ve only ever seen extreme versions at carnivals.

When you’re running for your life and thinking you should have improved your cardio. You never use that gym membership. Everyone is too intimidating there. Maybe it’d be better to invest in a treadmill. Wait, you looked into that before. Wasn’t it too expensive? [train of thought diverges for another minute] Wait, why did I come to this room again?