When do we run out of drinkable/potable water?

[spidey07]

Uh, I don't see humans in that figure everywhere. One could neglect animal consumption due to its once-triviality 6000 years ago, but with 7 billion people on Earth it's now quite relevant.

Umm, we are part of the water cycle just as every other living thing is. What we "use" is directly put back into the water cycle.

 

[FancyTurtle]

Yeah, but what if man, WHAT IF??

first of all

easier for the slow people

Second of all

http://www.gizmag.com/airdrop-wins-james-dyson-award/20471/


We will never run out of drinkable water until we are all dead form the sun murdering us first

 

[Ichinisan]

defineottable
defineotable

pottable misspelling of potable.

potable is water safe to drink?

...and it's still present in your topic title.

 

[ViviTheMage]

fixed

 

[angminas]

It's a real problem. With the advent of hot air poppers much of our air is being locked up in popcorn. Not to mention hair dryers.

Remember watching The Phantom Menace and it felt like you were experiencing brain damage at that very moment? Hypoxia. Over 70% of popcorn-related air waste in the USA is due to movie theaters. If we simply boycott the 3D remakes, we can preserve enough air to help repopulate the breathing stocks.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

There's hell of a lot of water on earth... the sun provides a hell of a lot of energy by which we could turn that water into drinkable water... local-drought is a possibility that would cause people to move elsewhere... but "running out of water" is about as likely as running out of stupid on this forum.

 

[Fayd]

we're not going to run out of water for human consumption. some areas have drained their water tables visibly, so that the water tables are going down faster than they're being replenished. (but last i heard, the consumption/refill rate has levelled off in those areas..)

anyways, as water levels go down, water gets more expensive. (duh) so in areas where water is more expensive, it's less advantageous to grow water-heavy crops. production of those crops will move to a more advantageous area. that's about the only real effect.

TL;DR:

we're never going to get to a point where you can't get a glass of water. worst comes to worst, you *can* get the equipment and filter it yourself.