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<br />practices were estimated and factored into the projection process by each <br />state for Strategy One. Each state identified and adopted that set of pro- <br />grams and methods considered most relevant to its own situation. The assump- <br />tion was made that the incentives provided by Strategy One would accelerate <br />the rate of adoption of water demand reduction methods by one time period in <br />comparison to Baseline projections. <br /> <br />VOLUNTARY PLUS MANDATORY WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY <br />(MS-2): Apply all advanced water and agricultural manage- <br />ment technology on a broad scale, identifying any necessary <br />constraints (reference to institutional/regulatory changes <br />was eliminated in some documents describing this strategy). <br /> <br />If projected voluntary water conservation measures were found to be inad- <br />equate to fulfill regi ona 1 and subregi ona 1 soc i a 1 and economi c goa ls, new <br />demand management measures, beyond those reflected in the Baseline and <br />Strategy One, may be considered by federal, state or local governments. Such <br />institutional measures could take the form of some regulatory constraints on <br />rates or total amounts of pumping, seasonal timing of pumping, well spacing, <br />new wells, capacities of new wells, or new irrigated agriculture develop- <br />ments, among others. Thus Strategy Two added the "sticks" to the "carrot" <br />approach of Strategy One. Measurable reductions in unit water demand that <br />would prolong irrigated crop production over Strategy One were added based on <br />the assumption that statutory controls would require farmers to use less <br />water. Full implementation of Strategy Two would represent the most strin- <br />gent level of publ ic sector water demand management feasible for each state. <br />The simplifying assumption was adopted by the state research groups to reduce <br />water use rates for Strategy Two to 90, 80 and 70 percent of projected <br />Strategy One water appl ication rates by 1985, 1990 and 2000, respectively. <br /> <br />LOCAL WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY MS-3 : <br />Augment water supplies at loca leve wit techniques such <br />as artificial recharge, weather modification, ,vegetative <br />management, desalting, precipitation management, and others. <br /> <br />The principal assumption underlying Strategy Three was that water demand <br />reduction measures (MS-l and 2) would not fully meet subregional, regional, <br /> <br />10 <br />