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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Moving water from somewhere you can drink it – like a reservoir – and using a hose to flush it down the drain to somewhere you can’t drink it – like the ocean – is what wastes it. Sure, there same amount of water exists. But that’s poor solace to a thirsty man with an empty reservoir.

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