The Great Lakes hold about 21 percent of the planet's surface fresh water, yet less than one percent of that volume renews each year. That second number, not the first, sets the limits on everyone who drinks from the basin.
  • too_high_for_this
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    10 days ago

    From the article, there’s 6 quadrillion gallons and it refills 1% every year. That comes out to 60 trillion gallons, or nearly 8000 gallons per person globally, per year. And that’s only 20% of fresh water on the planet. Doesn’t seem like much of a problem (for now).