I’m very insecure with my water usage. Is it possible to “waste” water?
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As u/GalFisk stated, water is pretty much infinitely recyclable. The infrastructure that cleans and delivers your water is not. More demand means more water plants, more pump stations, more towers, more sewer plants, more draw on water sources that can take thousands of years to renew.
More than that, your individual water use is a drop in the pool. My local plants measure water production in Million Gallons/Day, and a good chunk of that goes to industrial use. More rural areas could see farms drawing down groundwater resources much faster than residential users.
Even with residential use, a lot of the demand comes from pools and landscaping. If you’re not washing a single outfit at a time, or taking 20 minute showers twice daily, you’re probably not a huge draw on the system.
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