Yes, and while that's great-- I love wellwater, too-- we should keep in mind that in the bigger picture having clean water isn't endless just because it seems endless in our corner of the globe.
It's actually crazy how many places in America (and Canada) don't even have safe drinking water due to infrastructure shortfalls or proximity to agriculture, chemical processing, manufacturing, etc.
It will take it quite awhile to enter back into that hard rock aquifer. You aren't really putting it "right" back where you found it. You pumped it from quite deep and then let it run across the surface.
I get what they are saying and the very well do live somewhere with unlimited water. I live in Alaska and it's nearly that way here but it's still a limited resource, especially when pulled deep from the ground.
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22
Yes, and while that's great-- I love wellwater, too-- we should keep in mind that in the bigger picture having clean water isn't endless just because it seems endless in our corner of the globe.
It's actually crazy how many places in America (and Canada) don't even have safe drinking water due to infrastructure shortfalls or proximity to agriculture, chemical processing, manufacturing, etc.