Man made precipitation machines? Manually create the process of forming hydrogen and oxygen bonds? I have no idea. All I know is that the numbers of humans throughout history into our present day are very difficult to grasp exactly just how exponentially we’ve grown, which is mostly what I was referring to in regards to the sheer amount of resource draw it takes.

For water specifically - sustainable methods is our only real option. Removing the power that Nestle holds as a corporation over a human necessity would be another. That alone would give a plethora of small communities their natural springs and reservoirs back in addition to being one less thing fraking our water.

I also think smarter use of water. Plumbing shouldn’t really be using clean or grey water. I don’t know exactly what, but I know that pissing and shitting into a ever filtering water supply isn’t what it should be. Literally the entire system is fine except for the choice of fluid. Similarly, grey water should be much more widely used. Similar to these, these need to be implemented globally and used in tandem with existing methods. Bonus: theoretically it could have other resource gains and taking water from the ocean solves another issue with water levels rising.

If some of these sound insane or absurd, it’s because that’s just how fucked we are in terms of actual solutions. Right now we need to be thinking practically because that’s the only plausible, or rather feasible way of it being effective. The fact that our main solutions right now are reliant on hypothetical and prototyped technology doesn’t exactly bode well for our future. But hey, maybe the new land previously permafrosted in the arctic will reveal some new elements, fossils, and lost civilizations technologies! (/s)

That said, if mechanisms do get figured out and if they are effective, a combination of cleaned ocean water, man-made water, and reorienting current systems to be more sustainable we may actually have a chance at replenishing clean water supplies with surplus. However, I think the chances of the United States transitioning from clean water plumbing to some hypothetical non-existed replacement is more likely than Nestle ever losing an ounce of power. And honestly, that’s the most damning problem of all. Our solutions will not matter if corporations stay on course.