# Places Where Americans Can 'Drink The Water'?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-americans-can-drink-the-water/960859 "2022-03-10T23:34:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-americans-can-drink-the-water/960859/47 "2022-03-12T00:45:15Z")

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> [@carnut](#):
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> > [@Jasmine](#):
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> > Well, the largest body of fresh water in the world is Lake Baikal.
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> That depends on how you are measuring. Surface area is Lake Superior.

Jasmine just can’t win.

> [@Lake Mead at 36% of Capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482/10):
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> That’s why, despite the high cost of living and the over population of this region, I’m staying right here. I live adjacent to the largest concentrated fresh water supply in the world. If we’re destined to dry up and die of thirst, we have a whole ton of drying up to do before that will ever happen here. Of course, the desperate hordes dying of thirst might be a problem.

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