One topic when talking about protecting the environment is that a lot of water is used in, for example meat. But isn’t water in a cycle within a closed system? I drink it / but it into plants or animals and after I consume it, the water gets released again.
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True, it’s not the water itself that’s the concern. It’s the source it comes from that saving water is trying to protect. Underground aquifers have already been commented on, but even taking from surface sources impact the lakes and rivers it came from. It’s an extreme example, but we take so much water out of the Colorado river that [it’s just a trickle by the time it reaches the sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Delta). This has effectively destroyed a major spawning location for all sorts of animals in the Gulf of Mexico.
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