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<br />... <br /> <br />WATER BANK (STORAGE) PLAN <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />30. FACT: Leaders and new ideas are hard to attack. <br /> <br />31. FACT: Water bank creates new thinking that extends and expands the past <br />into the future in a creative way; forces organized thought - <br />planning and strategic management. <br /> <br />32. FACT: California laws are in place to create water banks and may even <br />mandate them. Conservation is mandated, waste is against the law - <br />Imperial Irrigation District can bank the new conserved water and <br />maintain top priority storage. <br /> <br />33. FACT: Society now demands maximum utilization of water. Water banking <br />does that. Stores and shares - makes more available = creates <br />value. <br /> <br />34. <br /> <br />FACT: <br /> <br />Reality mandates that water be priced in such a way as to <br />demand. Higher prices will signal clearly: STOP WASTING. <br />would then be banked. <br /> <br />regulate <br />Savings <br /> <br />35. FACT: If the Bureau of Reclamation becomes the Federal Reserve of Water <br />Banking, Imperial Valley can become a major state and regional <br />bank. A strong political position. <br /> <br />36. FACT: A water bank would layout a matrix of institutions that rID must <br />interface with. This communication, would eliminate unnecessary <br />threats, problems, and uncertainty. The IID would stay out of <br />trouble. <br /> <br />37. FACT: Imperial Valley water bank could set out terms and conditions on <br />water transfers, both short- and long-term, of historical signifi- <br />cance. We must understand and control our liability (Salton Sea <br />flooding) . <br /> <br />.Ill. IACT: 1111' 111) hd'; hl'l'lI Ihtw;1 illlo thi', (h,lIIl/t'. WI' dt'(' ..I. lilt' illff,t',t'c. <br />tion from past to future. How lID reforms itself, organizes Lo <br />become more efficient in a whole variety of ways and establishes a <br />progressive reputation, will determine its future and demand. <br />