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Re:Cities turn to ‘extreme’ water recycling by 8note on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @12:44PM (#36406758)
The animals are a range. So.ething like ranching may be assigned a ton of water, but it's not like the rain will stop falling on forest because there's no cows there, and the only water being taken out at the end is the weight of the cows.

If you're missing river and aquifer water, you want to tackle the users of river and aquifer water

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Re:Cities turn to ‘extreme’ water recycling by fredrikholm on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @01:14PM (#36407244)
> the only water being taken out at the end is the weight of the cows

And the water needed to produce all of their food, which is way more calories than they end up giving back.

And their daily water need, which comes out as urine, which pollutes the nearby environment.

> If you're missing river and aquifer water, you want to tackle the users of river and aquifer water

Exactly. If that is farmers growing crops to feed livestock, tackle that.

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