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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br />Ul <br />(0 <br /> <br />Education <br />On-farm investments <br />Canal lining, etc. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. Litigation by downstream users -- damage suits, etc. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4. Imposition of quality standards (individuals, areas, dis- <br /> <br />tricts, etc.) <br /> <br />5. Implementation of direct economic incentives to improve <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />quality: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Damaged parties pay polluters <br />Surcharge or tax on water use to achieve optimum use <br />Cost sharing public programs <br />Cost sharing private programs based on incidence of <br />benefits and costs <br /> <br />6. PL 92-500 <br /> <br />. Grants <br />Research <br />Education <br />Enforcement <br />Incentives, if any <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Agricultural Problems Related to NPDES. NPDES requirements <br /> <br />apply to discharges of irrigation return flow if (1) there is a point of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />discharge (pipe, ditch, etc.); (2) return flow is from land areas of <br /> <br />more than 3000 contiguous acres, or (3) return flow is from 3000 non- <br /> <br />contiguous acres which use the same drainage system. No discharge <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />permit is required if irrigation system waters enter from diffuse sour- <br /> <br />ces. :further, the large number of small farms and small livestock <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />enterprises makes it impossible to deal with all farm operations. Live- <br /> <br />stock units with fewer than 1000 feeder cattle, 700 dairy cattle, 2500 <br /> <br />2L <br /> <br />. <br />