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<br />Efficient Water Use in Agriculture
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<br />nghts w dIvert W~Il("f I'lll lit the ~treJm
<br />than Ih\' .inh'um or W.l\t'[ Ill,wmg In
<br />the ,,(r('am rom ~Jll5fv Junng an an:rage
<br />year Thl~ rnc:ll1S that \\"hen ,;COWI \\-ala
<br />n,.::hl h,'lder~ fre.' up or '"an" water \scc
<br />"aka"cd Jnd S,m:-d \\;iter, p Hn, many
<br />JllJll,"r u"t'r~ ar.: ,ltlt\lmat1..:ally waiting m
<br />lme Il' use 11 'I) In... que:ili\>n aris.c;; why
<br />mS1311 an c'fll'nSI\T Irn~:Hlon system to
<br />SJ.\"I': surlJ(t' WJlt'! <If .":roundwatcr. Just
<br />\l) hJ\'(' 11 IlIW,' J,)\\nstreJm f"T anlllner
<br />U~'r. l'f Jusl "" \'uur nl'l~hhor can pump
<br />nWTe gmundW,ll<'Tl
<br />Water nghb ,m' extremely valuahle
<br />pwpcny nghts fhl\\l'\TT. under u.l]oradl'
<br />law If.1 Wa[l'T nght h,l~ n\)1 hi'cn put to
<br />Ixnchu~l] ll~> j'lT ,\ p..:n"d of LO years
<br />Of more anLllhe! rJrt~ may pt:tlllon the
<br />w,ller ..:,'urt to dt'cbrt, lhal water nght
<br />ahanJ,med Alth'1Ugh a WJtl'T nF-hl canmll
<br />hl, lrg.llly consldercd ,Inandon..d unless
<br />thl' I'\\ncr Sh,lW<. mtent to .lband'ln, non-
<br />U~' ,If Ihl' n>:hl ten \(1 \e.lr~ d,'I!;:S makl' II
<br />yulnn.lhle tl) lhl~ Sl1rt of procl't'ding Many
<br />watl'f n~hl holJns arl' concerned that 11
<br />ef!Klcncy mca<'Uft.'~ no longt'r reqUIre them
<br />to dlwn JS mu,'h water;lt their headgate.
<br />Ih..;: ((luld 10,;.(' <,omt' p..lnlOn Llf thelf waler
<br />nght permanently
<br />Thl5 c,'mmon c,lnecrn misimerprets
<br />\\h;lt (on"lltute~ the measure .mJ limn
<br />\1[ a W.ltl'r right Ifl Color,ld\l 5-a\', hr
<br />....x.1mpk. that ,I fanner \\'JnlS to ,',ell hLS
<br />.lr ha \!.Jtcr fight 1\' .1 CIty As pan "f the
<br />feqUlred ~ehange Llf liSt'" pro(eedtng. the
<br />water nght wtll he qUillmhed ba~d on Its
<br />histone ('onsurnptt\.c tl"e-the amount of
<br />water a !!:tvcn er\lp on it glwn number \If
<br />acre~ ha<. CI'""umed (l\'l'! time :\ er,lp'~
<br />c\lOSumptn'e use WIll not chJnge substan-
<br />tially \\1th the u",' of nlOrt" walt"r-efHcient
<br />Irng,Lttl1n te\hmqul's lst'l' Cmp SeleC\lon,
<br />p 22\. Jnd therehlre Ihe quantity of
<br />,In Ltlut\'ldu,ll';. water nght \~111 also not
<br />(hang" "ltll, ,,-I.,m,' waIn nght holders
<br />tnl-,'rrl'dly pt.'n:elH: that If they c\'er want
<br />to :'ol.'Il thl.'lr watl'f nl':ht or ch.mge lIS U'>l'
<br />more elllct('nt pra\'ll(e~dl\'<:mng less w,llcr
<br />may Jlmll11~h the JnhlUnl (:;md \'alud ,)f
<br />theIr waler n~hl
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