BOARD00197

• Board Meeting Date: 10/24/1988
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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The Objective5 of the a~icultural water conservation prograc are to:

1. work with the University of California Cooperative Extension Service, the
United States Depart~ent of ~iculture, and other public and private
entities to ca~y out voluntary. cost-effective irrigation management
programs which primarily result in substantial water supply savings, or
help solve local irrigation water management probl~;

2. transfer technology from the scientific community to agricultural water
users and those who influenoe &gricultural water use, on how to use water
(and the energy needed to ap?ly it) more efficiently;

3. develop cooperative working relationships with looal water purveyors so
that State level programs are useful locally;

4. cooperate in the conduct of research to evaluate quantities of conservable
water through iJIIproved irrigation management and the use of different
varieties of crops and plants; and

5. educate students, water users, and those who influence water use L~ methods
of efficient use of water.

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