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Section 9 <br />Evaluation Framework <br />Table 9-3 Multi-Oblective Options <br />• • e ' e ° e - • • ° - e • ~ <br />M&I Reuse for Irrigation Sustainably meet M&I demands The option has very good potential to reliably provide <br /> additional supply during a drought. <br /> Optimize existing and future water supplies Has the abiliiy to maximize successive uses of non-tributary <br /> groundwater and other legally reusable water <br /> Protect cultural values It helps maintain the quality of life unique to each basin. In <br /> residential areas it maintains the current landscape. In rural <br /> areas, the return flows may benefit downstream users <br />Rotating Agricultural Transfers Sustainably meet M&I demands The option has very good potential to reliably provide <br />with Firm Yield for Agriculture additional supply during a drought. <br /> Sustainably meet agricultural demands The option has good potential to reliably meet agricultural <br /> demands, by contracting with agricultural users in a <br /> rotating, yearly basis. Storage provided firms the supply to <br /> allow agricultural users to produce during dry years. <br /> Provide for environmental enhancement It has the potential to improve water quality by emphasizing <br /> the cyclical retirement of agricultural lands with higher <br /> concentrations of pollutants of concern <br /> Protect cultural values It helps maintain the quality of life unique to each basin. In <br /> residential areas it maintains the current landscape. In rural <br /> areas, the return flows may benefit downstream users <br /> Provide for operational flexibility Provides for short-term transfer of water to different <br /> users/uses, while protecting water rights <br />M&I and Agricultural Sustainably meet M&I demands, and The M&I conservation option has very good potential to <br />Conservation Sustainably meet agricultural demands, reliably provide additional supply during a drought. The Ag <br /> respectively conservation option has good potential to help to reliably <br /> meet agricultural demands <br /> Optimize existing and future water supplies These options minimize non-beneficial consumption, help <br /> maximize successive uses of non-tributary groundwater <br /> and other legally reusable water <br /> Promote cost effectiveness Moderate levels of M&I conservation, and introduction of <br /> canal lining, sprinklers and drip irrigation are cost <br /> competitive with other alternative sources of water <br /> Protects cultural values Although M&I conservation requires changes in consumer <br /> behavior and may impact landscape to some extent, <br /> agricultural conservation improves reliabiliiy of supply and <br /> makes agriculture viable <br />New Reservoir and Reservoir Sustainably meet M&I demands, and Reservoir storage has very good potential to reliably <br />Enlargement to Firm Existing Sustainably meet agricultural demands, provide additional M&I supply during a drought, and very <br />Water Rights respectively good potential to firm agricultural needs <br /> Protect cultural values It helps maintain the quality of life unique to each basin in <br /> residential areas where it maintains the current landscape. <br /> In rural areas, existing water rights are used by junior water <br /> users <br />J~~a <br />$~ole'ri~ice Wo~e' $upplY Initia~ive <br />~~ <br />S:\REPORT\WORD PROCESSING\REPORT\S9 11-10.04.DOC 9-17 <br />