Water’s encased in a lots of building supplies, roads etc... But I’m guessing micro climates around rivers - and people taking more than their share - is part of the problem. Biden bringing in a few million more illegals will make the situation worse for our country.
A few years ago, the overseers of the Commiefornia plantation decided that we could only use 55 gallons of water per day per person per household.
So far, we have refused to comply with that ridiculous law and our overseers have not enforced it.
But, I'm sure that will change eventually. They are already planning on putting meters on our wells and charging us for our water. We already pay for the electricity and filters to pump that water out of the ground. I'm sure the technology to restrict our consumption will be part of those meters even though there is probably as much water under our feet as their is in our rivers and lakes.
Yes, wells do dry up. But that's not necessarily caused by consumption but by virtue of the fact that underground aquifers change direction just as our rivers do.
Gold prospectors use old maps to see where rivers used to flow and search for gold in dry river beds.
There is as much water on this planet as there has ever been. It couldn't be any other way.
Some people may think rain comes from outer space but, if it did, it would've gotten there in the first place because it evaporated to there.