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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The water that comes out of your tap is clean. The water that comes out of the ground is not, it has to be cleaned before being distributed for people to drink. You aren’t wasting the water but are wasting the cleaning.

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