Eli5 How is water renewable?

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Every bit of information I find just talks about water cycling through its different states of matter, I’m aware that water evaporates then rains and returns to the earth but none of them say at which point more water is actually produced or how. Is it actually renewable or is it the concept that there are other sources such as ice and humidity that can keep refilling our supply?

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>but none of them say at which point more water is actually produced or how

New water is basically never produced. Maybe fifty million tons a year from burning fossil fuels, but that’s peanuts on a global scale, when it comes to water.

Okay, so, there’s bascially zero new water entering the system. But that’s only a problem if the existing water is leaking out somehow. Where are you worried the system is losing water?

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