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Ag to Urban Transfers and Agricultural Economy <br />? <br /> Ag <br />? <br /> Ag to municipal transfers to share use of resources <br />? <br /> Ag transfers <br />? <br /> Appropriate mitigation for transfers <br />? <br /> Assure urban M&I needs with minimal impact on agriculture <br />? <br /> Availability of ag water to farmers <br />? <br /> Availability of water <br />? <br /> Compensation to communities for water transfers out <br />? <br /> Concerns over agricultural transfers <br />? <br /> Develop mitigation concepts other than cash <br />? <br /> If water is transferred long term, mitigation needs to occur <br />? <br /> Maintaining an agricultural economy, i.e. rural economics <br />? <br /> Minimize sell - off of irrigation rights <br />? <br /> Mitigation for loss of water and dry up of farm land <br />? <br /> Preservation of ag for: <br /> The quality of life for everyone, not just ag <br />o <br /> Viewscapes <br />o <br /> Waterbanks <br />o <br />? <br /> Preserve economic development <br />? <br /> Protection o f water/economy of basin below Pueblo <br />? <br /> Stop selling farm water <br />? <br /> Strengthening agriculture and rural economy <br />? <br /> Study effect of transfers on socio - economics <br />? <br /> Sustaining agriculture and rural economy in rural communities. <br />? <br /> Sustaining rural communities <br />? <br /> When competit ion for water takes the resource from a community, permanent <br />compensation should be made to keep that community viable <br />? <br /> Working towards cooperation via short - term leases with cities and other <br />municipal needs <br />? <br /> If an agricultural transfer occurs mitigation mus t be developed which is <br />appropriate to a community’s viability including concepts other than cash, which <br />addresses any loss of water and dry up of farmland. <br /> <br />Irrigation Efficiencies <br />? <br /> Address water quality issues in the Lower Ark <br />? <br /> At odds with water law <br />? <br /> Basin wide standards for irrigation efficiency <br />? <br /> Conservation practice improvements <br />? <br /> Incentive/penalty syst ems to encourage irrigation efficiency <br />? <br /> Make innovative water use technology available economically to agriculture <br />? <br /> Push water conservation <br />? <br /> Solution to issue o f how to extract ag water through more efficient use while <br />keeping ag whole <br />? <br /> Promote irrigation efficiency thru affordable innovative technology and economic <br />incentives. <br /> <br /> 4 <br />