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You are right... but if I understood the above, it's not the modern amenities using up the bulk of the water, it's the agriculture.
by kylecordes 5y ago
You are right... but if I understood the above, it's not the modern amenities using up the bulk of the water, it's the agriculture.
- treis 5y agoBecause people don't really "use" water. When you flush the toilet or take a shower the water doesn't get destroyed. The vast majority of it gets treated and put back into the river. The water used in agriculture will mostly evaporate or become part of the plant. Little of it will make it back to the source.
- ashtonkem 5y agoPeople absolutely use water by this metric, but most of it goes to their lawn.
- throwawayboise 5y agoEvaporated water eventually falls as rain, though probably somewhere else.