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The water involved is mostly recoverable and reusable

While there's cost involved, its shortage probably won't be a bottleneck?

I recall a video by asianometry stating that best case water re-use is about 70%. That will be rough in the desert.

Intel is funding a bunch of water projects in Arizona with the goal to be net postive in water use: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/environment/water-re...

Agriculture and municipal uses much more water than industry in AZ. Shockingly even with the population growth total state water use hasn’t increased due to conservation efforts. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environme...