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[–] Dorgel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

1000 liters an hour is 24000 liters a day. Ten million people showering with 8 liters (which is already pretty thrifty) a minute for three minutes is 24 million liters a day

[–] Patquip@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No single raindrop feels responsible for the flood.

[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So 1000 burst pipes = 10m people