Nothing can go to waste.
Before recycling can begin, there has to be some water to start with. We have to recycle. There's already a Russian-built water processor in orbit that collects humidity from the air. Here at Marshall we're building a regenerative system that will be able to recycle almost every drop of water on the station and support a crew of seven with minimal re-supplies. Without such careful recycling 40,000 pounds per year of water from Earth would be required to re-supply a minimum of four crewmembers for the life of the station.