Consumptive Use

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006293",
  "term": "Consumptive Use",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Water removed from available supplies without direct return to a water resource system for uses such as manufacturing, agriculture, and food preparation.\n\n2. Use that permanently withdraws water from its source.\n\n3. Those uses of resources that reduce the supply-such as logging and mining. (C.F.S.) \"Consumptive use\" as a category does not make any distinction between resources whose supply will, sooner or later, build up again after the initial reduction (i.e., renewable re-sources) and resources whose supply will essentially never be renewed (i.e., nonrenewable resources). (C.F.S.).\n\n4. With respect to heating oil means consumed on the premises.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Water Conservation Plan Guidelines Glossary",
    "USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary",
    "40 CFR 280.12 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/consumptive-use/"
}