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<br />ApPENDIX - EXCERPTS FROM FACING OUR FUTURE <br /> <br />Smart Water Development Principles <br /> <br />Not all smart principles apply to every new water project. However, a proiect that does <br />not incorporate all relevant smart principles is unlikely to be smart overall. An <br />indisputably smart water supply or storage project will satisfy each of the following <br />principles that is relevant: <br /> <br />. Make full, efficient use of existing in-basin and imported water supplies, and reusable <br />return flows, before increasing transbasin diversions. <br /> <br />. Invest in the most cost-effective and least environmentally damaging water supply <br />options first. All costs should be considered in this analysis, including those borne by <br />people or landscapes not served by the project ("externalities"). <br /> <br />. Fully integrate conservation, water reuse, and demand management into the water <br />supply planning process. <br /> <br />. Ensure that new and refurbished water projects do not increase the risk of extinction <br />of native species nor adversely modify designated critical habitat for species <br />protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). <br /> <br />. Before taking more water out of rivers, adopt interruptible supply agreements (where <br />feasible) between agricultural water users and other water users, including those <br />seeking to conserve, protect, or restore instream flows, and minimize any undesirable <br />consequences of the reallocation of water from agricultural to municipal use. <br /> <br />. Improve use of existing water supply infrastructure and sharing of resources between <br />water users to avoid unnecessary new diversions and duplication of facilities. <br /> <br />. Ensure public involvement-especially for non-traditional stakeholders directly <br />affected by new water projects-in the planning process to ensure that project <br />developers minimize environmental and socioeconomic impacts. <br /> <br />. Use incremental approaches to providing new water supplies, to facilitate adding, <br />changing, ending, accelerating, or delaying new supply strategies as demands change. <br /> <br />. Consider expanding or enhancing existing storage and delivery infrastructure before <br />building new facilities in presently undeveloped sites. <br /> <br />. Ensure that new projects provide multiple benefits, satisfy the greatest possible range <br />of needs (including those for instream recreation and the environment), and use the <br />most effective methods for minimizing environmental damage during <br />construction/maintenance <br />