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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It’s a local issue rather than a global one. The world’s supply of water might not be running out but water that evaporates or runs off your hometown today may not return for hundreds of years. A location only gets a certain amount of water every year from rivers and rainfall and if that runs out then the place will be nearly unlivable.

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