Eli5 why do we run out of water?

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I know we need to conserve water and such but why? Doesn’t it eventually flow back into the ground or evaporated and rained back down regardless of how it’s consumed, so it’s a cycle? Do we lose a bit per cycle?

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Even if the amount of water stays constant, we need more water all the time due to population growth and overconsumption.

It also takes a heck of a lot of effort to get clean water where people need it. Water treatment plants, pipes running to every building in a city, water mains, valves, and pumps by the thousands.

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