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SWSI Phase 2 Technical Roundtable <br />Water Conservation and Efficiency <br />^ What is the effect of achieving higher levels of conservation with regard to <br />additional temporary demand reductions required during droughts? <br />^ What are the projected long-term savings from M&I and agricultural conservation <br />alternatives? <br />^ How much of the recent reductions in demand since the 2002 drought will be <br />permanent? <br />^ What is the effect of weather on post-drought water use? <br />^ What structural measures have been implemented that will result in permanent <br />reductions in demand? <br />^ Will behavioral changes as a result of the drought be permanent? How can they be <br />encouraged and made permanent? <br />^ What additional measures may be required to ensure that reductions in water use <br />are permanent? <br />^ Have water providers implemented additional conservation measures f rom the <br />year 2000 base levels assumed in the SWSI report? Are these changes in levels of <br />conservation permanent? Are you talking about Providers system loss here or <br />increased conservation by water users? <br />^ What are the associated water quality changes when water is conserved and return <br />flows are reduced? <br />^ Is there a potential loss of riparian habitat and instream habitat with increased <br />conservation? <br />^ What are the potential savings f rom phreatophyte control? <br />^ What are the water quality impacts f rom phreatophyte control? <br />^ Will agricultural efficiency improvements reduce diversions and/or return flows? <br />Legal,/Water Rights <br />^ Can an M&I user store or otherwise dispose of conserved water? <br />^ Which agricultural ef ficiency measures are legal? <br />^ Which agricultural efficiency measures are legal, but may have significant negative <br />impacts to other water rights and the environment? <br />^ What are the impacts of MB~I and agricultural efficiency measures on timing and <br />amount of return flows? <br />^ What are the constraints on ability to use water that is saved as the result of <br />implementation of efficiency measures? <br />~• ~ <br />DRAFT <br />4 <br />S:IMEETINGSITECHNICAL ROUNDTABLEITRT MEETING - SPECIFICIWATER EFFICIENCYISWSI WATER EFFICIENCY TRT BRIEFING.DOC <br />