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

[kathmandu]

Wow, that is shockingly radical for Las Vegas. Here's hoping other areas follow suit, and that the evaluations are accurate and not based on lies.

[thewayne]

Vegas cares about money.  And water.  Can't have money without water.  I'll give odds (heh heh) that the reports will be pretty darn accurate.