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<br /> <br />the Water Supply Act <br />of 1958 appear necessary. <br /> <br />c. Costs of mitigating <br />adverse impacts to <br />i nci dentally created <br />fish and wildl ife resources <br />(those artifici ally created <br />by seepage or return flow <br />from irrigation works) <br />need to be exami ned to <br />determine whether such <br />c 0 s t s s h 0 u 1 d b e <br />nonreimbursable. <br /> <br />9. I n those instances where <br />conserved water is needed for <br />instream uses and could be <br />returned to or 1 eft in the <br />natural channel for i nstream <br />use, it woul d be di ffi cult to <br />protect conserved water from <br />capture by appropriators for <br />off-stream uses under present <br />laws in many states. <br /> <br />10. Water measurement <br />faci 1 ities and records on many <br />older i rri gati on servi ce areas <br />are poor or nonexistent, <br />thereby contri buti ng to <br />inefficient use of water. Some <br />existing programs provide for <br />cost sharing the acquisition of <br />water measuring devices. <br />However, these programs <br />are not meeting the need for <br />acqui ri ng water measurement <br />devices due to a lack of <br />interest, rel uctance of water <br />user organizations to assume <br />additional costs, and a lack of <br />funds. <br /> <br />11. Irrigation water users may <br />be sensitive to the cost of <br />water as it relates to the cost <br />of other production factors. <br />However, preliminary <br />i ndi cati ons are that the cost <br /> <br />of water is a relatively <br />mi nor producti on cost under <br />current Federal pricing <br />policies on Federal projects. <br />Additional study is needed on <br />the impact of Federal water <br />pricing pOlicies on water <br />conservation practices. <br />There are also important <br />barriers in implementation <br />because of institutional <br />constraints involving water <br />rights, past contractural <br />arrangements, and earlier <br />national objectives being <br />served. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />12. There has been alack of <br />coordination of programs and <br />capabi 1 ities of the several <br />Federal agenci es i nvol ved <br />in programs for water <br />conservation. Present <br />programs, as well as any <br />new ones having water <br />conservation as thei r goal, <br />need to be coordinated among <br />the several State and Federal <br />Government agencies, to be most <br />effective - bringing the <br />capabil i ti es of these agenci es <br />to bear upon the solution of <br />problems associated with <br />efficient water utilization. <br />It is particularly important <br />that management and <br />improvement of physical <br />features in the distribution <br />system be coordinated with <br />management and improvement in <br />the farm facilities. <br />Involvement of Indian Tribal <br />groups in such coordinated <br />activity, particularly at the <br />pl anni ng level, on projects <br />adjacent to or in the general <br />locality of Indian reservations <br />could also be advantageous <br />in resolving legal or <br />institutional problems. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />xii <br />