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

More than that flows over Niagara Falls at the other end of Lake Erie every minute.

3,160 tons of water flows over Niagara Falls every second. This accounts for 75,750 gallons of water per second over the American and Bridal Veil Falls and 681,750 gallons per second over the Horseshoe Falls.