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Drinking water isn’t a major use case, but water for farming is, south China gets enough rain at least that drought isn’t so common (for now), but definitely no
by seanmcdirmid 3y ago
Drinking water isn’t a major use case, but water for farming is, south China gets enough rain at least that drought isn’t so common (for now), but definitely not unheard of since it happened in 2022, see: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/china-drought-causes-yangtze-river-to-dry-up-sparking-shortage-of-hydropower https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/china-drought-...
- bobthepanda 3y agoFrom that article: > The Yangtze is the world’s third largest river, providing drinking water to more than 400 million Chinese people, and is the most vital waterway to China’s economy.