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Yes. Evaporative cooling towers. I suppose in those cases nearly all the water used goes to atmosphere.

• userbinator 1mo ago
  ...which then comes down again as rain, and in those areas where it's dry enough that evaporative cooling works, the increased humidity might actually be a good thing.
  • altcognito 1mo ago
    In areas it's dry enough it is just leaving that watershed. It will be carried hundreds and thousands of miles away.
    • userbinator 1mo ago
      Decades ago, there was a plan to equalise the water supply throughout the country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power_Alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power... Now China is beating us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South–North_Water_Transfer_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South–North_Water_Transfer_Pro...
      • altcognito 1mo ago
        Oh good, I'm glad China is beating us in the path to stupidity. These types of projects are the dumbest things we ever did here. Classic! Nothing dumber than reallocating resources thouands of miles away from where they should be.
        • userbinator 1mo ago
          You seriously think that it's a good thing to have absolute drought in some areas, while others are experiencing intense flooding?