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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />0033?h <br /> <br />e. Reduce use of water for golf courses and parks, <br /> <br />f. Have a full load before turning on the washing <br />machine and the dishwasher. <br /> <br />g. Install low-flow shower heads. <br /> <br />Implementation of all of the above methods of saving water <br />are dependent on getting the word to the public so it can cooperate. <br /> <br />Agricultural Conservation - Public education is also necessary to <br />stimulate water conservation by the agricultural community. <br />Significant savings of water must be initiated very early to be <br />effective. Many farming systems are already very efficient and <br />the opportunities for real savings are limited. <br /> <br />While rationing by project or by districts could <br />motivate users, the specific ways of saving water include: <br /> <br />a. Line leaky canals. <br /> <br />b. Plant lower water-using crops. <br /> <br />c. Contact Farm Advisors on how to increase indi- <br />vidual farm efficiency and save water. <br /> <br />d. Agricultural water users in the vicinity of a <br />waste treatment plant may find opportunities <br />to make new or expanded use of reclaimed waste <br />water. <br /> <br />Another way of making the surface water supplies go <br />farther is for those farmers who have wells to use them to the <br />fullest, refraining from use of the short supply of surface water. <br />LOcal districts should assess their resources, needs, and <br />problems early, get the word out to water users, and arrange that <br />district wells and those of individuals are readied for the dry <br />summer. At the same time allocate available surface supplies <br />to permanent crops such as orchards and vineyards and to those <br />users who do not have access to ground water. <br /> <br />Increased Ground Water Use <br /> <br />Throughout most of our valley agricultural areas, <br />both surface water and ground water is available. Economics <br />sometimes dictates the mix of the two supplies in an area or <br />on an individual farm. However, in an extremely wet or an <br />extremely dry year, other factors may control. In wet years, <br />surface water is used to a maximum extent and ground water re- <br />charge facilities are used to place excess water underground. <br />In dry years, the available surface supplies are used and the <br />additional demand is met by pumping the ground water. <br /> <br />-25- <br />