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<br />Alternative Agricultural Transfers - <br />Technical <br /> <br />1. Are there suitable irrigated lands (yield and <br />water quality)? If not, how do the <br />infrastructure costs of a permanent dry-up <br />transfer? <br />- How does geography (e.g., stateline vs. <br />upstream water right) affect alternatives? <br />2. Water Quality Impacts - What effects will <br />reduced river flows have on water quality <br />issues in the future - TMDLs, salinity, etc.? <br />- EPA TMDL standards for streams (e.g., <br />temperature that requires stream flows) <br /> <br />Alternative Agricultural Transfers - Legal <br /> <br />1. Are legislative/regulatory changes needed <br />to implement the proposed program(s)? <br />2. What is the water court process related to <br />program(s) approach and implementation? <br />3. Should the programs be administered by <br />the end user, governmental agency, or by <br />the agricultural water rights owners or ditch <br />and reservoir companies? <br /> <br />3 <br />