Eli5: Detroit’s Central train station was recently restored by pumping out 3.5 million gallons of water out of the basement.

Question

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”

https://apnews.com/article/michigan-central-train-station-detroit-ford-mobility-49c55d18ee0b377fa54c70f389168639

In: Biology

Answer 1

Detroit is actually built near where the Rouge River, which carries a lot of rainwater from the southeast part of the state, meets the Detroit River and lake Erie. So water flows towards the area and sometimes floods roads and basements. This means slightly less water reaches Lake Erie. But 3.5 million gallons missing means a water level drop of .0012 mm, aka so little that I don’t think you could see it with the naked eye.