Consumptive use as defined in the Compact means that portion of the Water Withdrawn or withheld from the Basin that is lost or otherwise not returned to the Basin due to evaporation, incorporation into Products, or other processes.
Consumptive use means the man-made diversions of water from the Colorado River System, less any return flow to the river system of water that is available for Consumptive Use in the Upper Basin.
Examples of Consumptive use in a sentence
But for the Contractor’s participation in this SCIA and the Pilot Program, the Contractor would otherwise divert the water that is the subject of this SCIA for Consumptive Use during the time period identified in the terms of this SCIA.
Nothing in this SCIA, nor the execution of this SCIA, shall be deemed to establish any precedent for managing or calculating Consumptive Use by the UCRC or the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
More Definitions of Consumptive use
Consumptive use means that portion of the water withdrawn or withheld from the basin that is lost or otherwise not returned to the basin due to evaporation, incorporation into products, or other processes.
Consumptive use means consumed on the premises where the storage tank system is located.
Consumptive use means a use of waters of the state, other than an interbasin diversion, that results in a failure to return any or all of the water to the basin from which it is withdrawn. “Con- sumptive uses” include, but are not limited to, evaporation and incorporation of water into a product or agricultural crop.
Consumptive use means the amount of water that is consumed under appropriate and reasonably efficient practices to accomplish without waste the purposes for which the appropriation or other legally permitted use is lawfully made (e.g. that portion of the irrigation water applied to a crop that is lost to the system due to evapotranspiration).
Consumptive use means the depletion of water for domestic and agricultural beneficial uses as those terms are defined and referred to in the 1922 Colorado River Compact. For purposes of this definition, Consumptive Use also includes the full amount of water: (i) consumed in association with the production of electrical power other than hydropower; and (ii) diverted from the Upper Colorado River System for which there are no return flows to that system, including, for example, diversions outside the natural Colorado River watershed.
Consumptive use means that portion of the water with- drawn or withheld from the basin that is lost or otherwise not returned to the basin due to evaporation, incorporation into prod- ucts, or other processes.
Consumptive use with respect to Heating Fuel means consumed On The Premises Where Stored for non commercial purposes.