Eli5: do you really “waste” water?

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Is it more of a water bill thing, or do you actually effect the water supply? (Long showers, dishwashers, etc)

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Absolutely. While water recirculates, freshwater and specifically your local water source is not infinite. The water you pull from a river, lake, or aquifer drains into a river that feeds into the ocean, where it becomes salty and undrinkable.

It will go through the water cycle and come back down as rain, but if you’re consuming more from your local water source than is fed into via natural processes it, it’s going to run dry.

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