NON COMSUMPTIVE USE OF WATER

You might see that phrase or a variation of that in Highland Companies, aka Baupost aka Seth Klarman, studies submitted under the Aggregate Resources Act.

The aggregate industry LOVES that term.

They are saying they don't consume the water they use.

Maybe not, but Highlands plans call for pumping up to 600 million litres of water a day from the quarry floor, water that has been exposed to blasting contaminants, exhaust fumes, oil, gas, to the surface and let it sit in "settling ponds" (NOTE: Is there a technology that separates oil from water?) then re injecting it into the surface water for the rest of us to drink.

Non-consumptive.  Hmmm.

That is like saying my dog is a non-consumptive user of all the dog food it eats, because honestly it craps out more than what it consumes, but I don't think anyone would want to use it again.