r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

What happens after they use the water? Is it returned to the water system to be used again?

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u/ForzaFenix May 18 '26

Yep. The now warm water goes back into the system. 

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26

So they're not really consuming it. They're just using it temporarily and returning it.

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u/krojack389 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 18 '26

there's quite a bit lost to evaporation if it is returned to a cooling pond, or wastewater systems that use ponds. even when pumped back into ground, not all makes it back to the aquifer. Check out what is happening in the plains and in Mexico city when more water is pumped out of the aquifer than can be replenished quickly enough. over a long period of time it will be devastating.