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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I guess the post was very poorly worded. For some reason I thought the OP was trying to conserve water for the purpose of the environment. In that case, which was a wrong assumption, it makes no difference whether the water is from the tap or the retention pond. No, you don't drink from the retention pond, but in terms of total water usage, washing dishes is a "drop in the bucket" compared to irrigation. All in all, water is generally a net sum zero game---oceans evaporate, ,forms clouds, clouds rain, water goes to ground. The problem tends to be uneven global distribution.
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Yep, there's plenty of water in the world, but just not in all the right places. Thankfully it's rained in California recently, but they will likely always struggle.
Anyway, I'm learning a lot of dishwasher use. I was under the assumption running it all of the time was wasteful, so I usually hand wash if there's just a few plates and cups lying around. We don't usually run ours until it is full, though. But it's good to know that in comparison it actually uses less water.