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<br />~ <br /> <br />conservation program. It also provides a list of suggestions to <br /> <br /> <br />industrial and commercial users to reduce water consumption. <br /> <br /> <br />(See Exhibit 9). The financial benefits which inure to companies <br /> <br /> <br />which practice water conservation appear to have been a good <br /> <br /> <br />incentive to have induced drastic reductions of water use in the <br /> <br /> <br />past few years. Last year a bill was signed into law requiring <br /> <br /> <br />urban water suppliers to institute an urban water management plan <br /> <br /> <br />to promote water conservation. (See Exhibit 10). <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />II. AGRICULTURAL WATER CONSERVATION <br />An Agricultural Water Management Planning Act was <br />enacted last year. (See Exhibit 11). Under this law, <br />agricultural water suppliers are required to prepare a water <br />management plan and submit it to the Department of Water <br />Resources. The plan should conserve water and reduce saline and <br />toxic drainage. The Department will reimburse each supplier up <br />to $5,000 to prepare an information report and up to $25,000 to <br />prepare a management plan. <br />There is a good deal of voluntary conservation in <br />the agricultural area. The Imperial Irrigation District (110) <br />has been active in lining canals and ditches with concrete to <br />prevent seepage, building reservoirs and promulgating rules <br />regarding tailwaters. The Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California (MWD) has proposed to provide the 110 with <br />the funds necessary to finance conservation measures and MWD <br />would receive the saved water. This type of cooperation will <br />become increasingly important when the Arizona aqueduct system is <br /> <br />-5- <br />