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Europe doesn't have the water scarcity issues of the US. When my brother in law from Germany visited a few summers ago he was shocked by the amount of drought news and water conservation instructions broadcast daily on TV.

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Europe != Germany. Plenty of parts of Europe have drought issues and water saving laws.

I expect plenty of parts of the US have loads of water and no droughts as well.

They do. But most of the water conservancy laws affect sale federally. So even if you’re in a water flush area you can’t really get high consumption toilets unless you go quite used.

That's ironic because I remember a few summers ago hearing about droughts in Europe. Looks like they may have had issues too but maybe not as public.

https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-upda...

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