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<br /> <br />reuse and recycling as well as other strategies for <br />stretching their supplies. <br /> <br />But water conservation is at a crossroads. Although <br />many conservation steps have become institution. <br />alized, others have been thwarted by political <br />obstacles, or have fallen into disuse because state, <br />federal and local water agencies - and their <br />customers - lost interest in them once droughts <br />ended. Many water planners agree meters are a key <br />component of successful programs to reduce <br />agricultural and residential water use, but water users <br />in unmetered areas resist retrofits. Likewise, urban <br />water districts lined up a few years ago to commit to <br />following BMPs, but implementation of those <br />practices has varied considerably. <br /> <br />Conservation measures are expected to reduce <br />overall water demand by about 1.3 million acre-feet <br />by the year 2020, according to DWR's Bulletin 160- <br />93. However, that estimate assumes the state's <br />population growth curve will not exceed current <br />projections, and urban BMPs and agricultural <br />EWMPs are fully implemented. Achieving that <br />amount of conservation will help manage competi- <br />tion for water supplies, but alone it will not be <br />sufficient to eliminate shortages projected for 2020 <br />and beyond. A more comprehensive solution is <br />required that includes augmenting water supplies as <br />well as continuing emphasis on water conservation, <br />reuse and recycling. <br /> <br />Agriculture <br />CIMIS/DWR (California Irrigation Management Information System) - http://www.waler.ca.gov <br />Conservation Technology Information Center - http://www.ctic.purdue.edu <br />Groundwater Protection Council - http://www/gwpc.site.neUgwpc <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - http://www.ogee.hydlab.do.usbr.gov/rwc/wc <br /> <br />Urban <br />American Water Works Association - http://www.awwa.org <br />California Urban Water Conservation Council - http://www.cuwcc.com <br />East Bay Municipal Utilities District - http://www.ebmud.com <br />National Institute for Water Resources- http://www.wrrieng.clemson.edu <br />Metropolitan Water District 01 Southern California - http://www.mwd.dst.ca.us <br />South Bay Water Recycling - http://www.ipac.neUcsj/esdlhomepage <br />Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District - http://www.dellanet.com/sgvw/upper <br />WaterWeb - http://www.waterweb.com <br />WaterWiser - http://www.waterwiser.org <br /> <br />Education <br />Water Education Foundation - http://www.water-ed.org <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />