Is it more of a water bill thing, or do you actually effect the water supply? (Long showers, dishwashers, etc)
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It depends on where you live. If you’re in a water scarce region or get your water from a deep well, then yes, you can.
In a water scarce region, you’re basically turning some % of the water you use into perspiration that will rain elsewhere. It’s not going away per se, but it is going somewhere you can’t reach.
If you have a deep aquifer well, you are most likely draining water from it faster than it is being replenished, meaning there will be less water in that well over time, and it will move to the surface.
If you live in most US cities, then you probably get your water from a river or lake. In that case, no, you can’t really waste water. At worst, you’re moving it from one river to a different one. Nothing you can do could even come close to impacting most water bodies like that. At worst, you’re wasting electricity.
The only people who need to worry about wasting water are farmers and ranchers. Annoyingly, the two groups who usually care about water wasting the last.
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