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Re:Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity by Scoundreller on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:19PM (#25379562)
I wonder if anyone has done an estimate of water losses in a home/day to evaporation (e.g. toilet bowl evaporation, humidifiers, drying laundry, drying dishes, etc.).

R/O is expensive. Tons of opportunities in the average home for re-use. Can use that shower/sink/laundry/dish water for toilets. A selective automatic bypass system could save the (mostly soapless) water to replace plant/garden watering (though that’s evaporation!).

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Re:Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity by bluGill on Friday December 11, 2020 @08:10AM (#25385297)
A fairly large amount across a whole city, but compared to the amount of water run down the drain after use not a lot. Makeup water is needed for sure. However watering the lawn is one of the few that are significant enough to matter.
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