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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Plus it is recycled. They would only replace what is lost due to evaporation or after a drain and cleaning.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I looked it up (because the air is very dry in Nevada) and about 32,000 gallons of water per day are evaporated at the Bellagio fountains.

An average car wash uses 40 gallons per car and washes a hundred cars per day: Source

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A car wash uses 80 gallons per car. The car wash by my office probably washes a thousand cars a day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Car washes recycle water, too.