Dealing with past fears

Eight years after Los Angeles leaders killed a multimillion-dollar water-recycling project amid vitriolic debate over politics and safety, the dubiously dubbed "toilet to tap" plan is back. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has made recycled water the centerpiece of his 20-year water plan, and now the one-time critic has become the leading proponent for purifying sewage and wastewater and returning it to the drinking-water supply.

But as Villaraigosa and the Department of Water and Power prepare to pitch the next generation of recycled water, the question remains whether political, scientific - and perhaps more importantly, public - opinions have changed over the last eight years.