And then what happens when it rains, oh wise one?
Draining an aquifer faster than it is being replenished is an issue in some areas, but still doesn't amount to "wasting" water. And the only consequence will be the death of the people who relied on that over-used aquifer, and the subsidence of their land.
Water cannot be wasted. By your brilliant theory all the fresh water would be long-gone forever into the oceans, never to evaporate again.
And then what happens when it rains, oh wise one?
Reading comprehension fail. Go back and reread until you absorb the part about pumping it into the ocean faster than the water cycle brings it back. HINT: laypeople call that "rain."
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