Eli5: Were detroits rivers and lakes lower than they normally would be? Was there less rain because these gallons were missing from the atmosphere? Was there any affect at all in nature from these millions of gallons of water going missing?
“–3.5 million gallons (13.2 million liters) of water was pumped from the basement”
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It’s not different at all. That’s like barely a drop in the bucket of anything.
Average output for wastewater plants in the US is around 2.1 million gallons per day. The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant(in Chicago) treats 700 million gallons a day and can handle 1.44 billion.
Detroit has one of the largest single plants in the world and can handle over half a billion gallons on a normal day.
3.5 million gallons is nothing.
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