alt Hacker News> this is not what is reported by "water consumption"
You are make a semantic distinction here, but "consumptive use" is a term of art in modelling water usage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumptive_water_use
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tempfile • today at 1:04 PM
I am not! You said that there are certain tipping points which, when reached, mean that your local water source might be "consumed" - meaning it does not regenerate and goes away permanently. By contrast, in the link you gave (and everywhere else), water consumption means that you used some water. It doesn't say anything about whether you are near a tipping point. They are totally different concepts!
Yes but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumptive_water_use#:~:text=...