Las Vegas requiring companies to report their water usage before they can open up

[thewayne]

This is a very smart move. With Colorado River water at a terrible low and not expected to improve much, the city is grading new projects based on consumptive water, "the amount ... that the state won’t reclaim from the company’s operations. This includes water used in products that are sold." They then assign a score evaluating the amount of economic input the company will generate in terms of jobs created, tax revenue, etc and if the score is not positive, the business plan gets reevaluated.

I'll bet a lot of Colorado River-dependent metroplexes will be adopting similar policies over the next few years, at least if they're smart.

https://gizmodo.com/las-vegas-wants-to-know-how-much-water-companies-use-1850844134

Comments

[thewayne]

Hard to say.  There's a saying, Climate is what you want, weather is what you get.  Climate is the long-term, somewhat predictable, weather is the ''Oh, look!  A hurricane is off the coast and we have only a few days warning!"  So the question is, will there be a climate change that restores snow cap build-up, which restores ice melt which is what feeds Colorado River runoff which is the main source of water that we're discussing.

[disneydream06]

Sounds like wishful thinking. :(

[thewayne]

Could happen!  But I'm not laying any money down on it happening.  I think we're beyond the tipping point and anything we do now will be to make things less horrible.

[disneydream06]

Sad but true. :(