Always strive to learn something useful. --Sophocles

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