Consumptive water rights allow for full consumption of the water, which means that downstream users have no right to return flow.
In contrast, when water flows are low, water in storage can be released to meet consumptive needs.
The water treatment plant requires quantity and quality water since they produce treated water for consumptive purposes.
As water rights are defined as consumptive use, this return flow is not guaranteed.
And, finally, what do these results tell us about the consumptive power of the labouring classes?
Families chose to re-allocate their time and labour power in order to expand their consumptive possibilities.
Although all participants in this debate agreed that appearances mattered, they disagreed as to what consumptive practices enabled both a 'modern' and a respectable look.
These findings were consistent with the pattern of consumptive coagulopathy, which seemed to improve after 24 hours.
