What is the concept of "wasting water?" isn't there a water cycle?

Question

What is the concept of "wasting water?" isn't there a water cycle?

Answer 1

Water cycle?  What's that?  

Where I live rainfall has been below the 100 year average for 8 of the past 10 years.  The last time the back yard was soft from rain would have been about 1993.  In the later part of 2006, trees here began to die for lack of rain.  

Listen to the girl at 33 - 35 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGrYaVgQW...

There is also a difference between treated, potable water and raw water.  Filtration and chlorination plants only have a limited capacity.  You want a bigger treated supply?  You will have to pay for it.

Answer 2

You are perfectly correct.The nature is maintaining the proper water cycle. We the human short circulating the passage just because for our personal advantage. The nature has not constructed the buildings and roads. The rain water falling on the man made structures are differently rooted to the sea or to the sewage system.Thus the good rain water instead of reaching the underground it gets contaminated.To avoid this short circuiting of the water passage I have sent some simple schemes to our water board.It was appreciated by the officials but they never took care to implement it. Several of my suggestions are simply ignored just because I am not holding any doctorate degree.I am the one issued the warning 2 hours before Tsunami struck our coast with the help of simple earthquake alarm.But my inventions are neglected .So we are facing several avoidable death.

Answer 3

Well when you take groundwater excessively, the rock that it's contained in will lose porosity because the particles will collapse, so there'd be less groundwater available in that area.

Answer 4

Yes, there is a water cycle, and at any point in time a small proportion of water will be at the point in the cycle where it is usable for human and animal needs.  It is possible (in fact happens frequently) that short term needs or use exceeds the rate of replensihment that the natural cycle provides.  If you use it faster than it returns, then you have to wait until nature catches back up.  Waiting might mean you die.  it is better to keep in balance with the cycle.

Answer 5

I'd say there is enough water for all of us in this world, the seas and oceans are so vast, the problem here is the disribution of it. Not everyone is getting some, it depends really where they are.

Answer 6

i too sometimes think this.

when a person drinks whatever...he will obviously give it out (every drop)

then the water wherever it is will be evaporated by the sun and it will not be wasted(wherever it is).

i think no water is lost

Answer 7

Only three percent of the earth's water is fresh, and most of this is locked away in glaciers and under the ground. We have to use the VERY small amount of water available to us sparingly - if we let it run down the sink it will go out to sea and become part of that 97% until it is evaporated again.

Answer 8

It is true that no water is lost in the process. The amount of water on Earth will always remain the same. However, humans drink pure water, and only about 3% of the water is pure and drinkable. So we should not waste water, unless you want to drink seawater, there's plenty.

Answer 9

There isn't an unlimited amount.  The powers that be here in SoCal like to invoke that before they are planning to raise the rates.