eli5 How is water wasted?

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Like when ppl say don’t wash your yard or car with a hose. Isn’t the extra water or for that matter all water either seeping underground and adding to groundwater table or being evaporated into nature to be recycled? In both cases the water will be filtered enough to be potable….

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It’s wasting because most of time, it will go in the sewer until it get filtrated and clean up which is a slower process than directly consuming it. The waste is not about water itself but the whole cost of the process and the resources needed for it

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