Contents_11-7-07

• Title: SWSI Phase 2 Report - Table of Contents
• Date: 11/7/2007
• Author: CWCB
• SWSI II - Doc Type: Final Report

Contents
2.3.4 Institutional and Legal Considerations ...................................................... ...... 2-14
2.4 CWCB's Water Conservation and Drought Planning ............................................. ...... 2-19
2.4.1 Office of Water Conservation ~ Drought Planning ............................... ...... 2-19
2.4.2 Financial Assistance to Facilitate Conservation Planning .................... ......2-20
2.4.3 Financial Assistance for Implementation of Conservation Plans ....... ...... 2-21
2.4.4 Regional Messaging and Public Outreach ................................................. ...... 2-21
2.4.5 Bringing Together Supply Planning and Conservation Elements
(Integrated Water Resources Planning) ................................................... ......2-22
2.5 Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................................. ......2-22
2.6 Water Conservation and Efficiency Roundtable Membership ............................. ......2-28
Section 3 Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods to Traditional
Purchase and Transfer
3.1 Overview of Alternatives to Permanent Agricultural Dry-Up Technical
Roundtable ........................................................................................................................... ........ 3 -1
3.2 Background ........................................................................................................................... .......3-3
3.3 Potential Statewide Changes in Irrigated Acres ......................................................... ....... 3-4
3.4 Logistics and Dynamics Associated with Agricultural Transfers and Select
Economic Information ....................................................................................................... ....... 3-5
3.4.1 Dynamics Leading to Agricultural Transfers ............................................. ....... 3-6
3.4.2 Economic and Social Considerations of Agricultural Transfers ........... ....... 3-6
3.4.3 Logistical Considerations Associated with Agricultural Transfers .... ......3-10
3.5 Alternative Transfer Methods ......................................................................................... ......3-10
3.5.1 Interruptible Supply Agreements ................................................................. ...... 3-11
3.5.2 Long-term Rotational Fallowing Program ................................................. ......3-13
3.5.3 Water Banks ....................................................................................................... ......3-16
3.5.4 Reduced Agricultural Consumptive Use through Efficiency or
Cropping While Maintaining Historic Return Flows ............................ ......3-18
3.5.5 Purchase by End User with Leaseback under Defined Conditions ..... ......3-19
3.6 Underlying Financial Conditions ................................................................................... ..... 3-20
3.7 Questions Addressed by Alternative Agricultural Transfer Roundtable ............ ......3-21
3.7.1 Technical Questions ......................................................................................... ......3-21
3.7.2 Legal and Institutional Questions ................................................................ ......3-21
3.7.3 Financial Questions .......................................................................................... ......3-21
3.8 Development of Rotational Fallowing Examples ....................................................... ..... 3-22
3.8.1 Organization of Rotational allowing Alternative Transfer Example .. ..... 3-22
3.8.2 Case Studies and Reports Utilized .............................................................. ..... 3-22
3.8.3 Rotational Fallowing Example ...................................................................... .....3-24
3.9 An Evaluation of Other Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Techniques.. ..... 3-29
3.9.1 Interruptible Supply Agreements ................................................................. ..... 3-30
3.9.2 Water Banks ....................................................................................................... .....3-30
3.9.3 Alternative Cropping Practices ..................................................................... ...... 3-31
3.9.4 Purchase and Leaseback .................................................................................. ......3-31
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