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<br />000395 <br /> <br />. A reduction in net diversional)' riiht ner unit Bcre of land irrillated. or the "net <br /> <br />reduction in water rer acre without a chanlle in croo yields." This may not necessarily be a <br /> <br />good working definition because 6tatistics have shown that the total yield or output in crops has <br /> <br />sometimes been highest in years of low precipitation. <br /> <br />. In terms of the life historv of water. water should be run throu~h as many uses as <br /> <br />possible before it is totallv consumed. <br /> <br />We ultimately must arbitrarily limit the definitioD of conservation because it means <br /> <br />several different things in different contelCtS, For the purposes of this discussion, the term <br /> <br />conservation will be limited to conservation that is relative to the application of water. <br /> <br />What Kinds of Conservation Do We Want to Encourage? <br /> <br />What is the purpose of coming up with a definition for conservation? Maybe we first <br /> <br />need to describe wbat we are talking about; maybe we need to limit the definition so that we <br /> <br />can get on to the topic of defining what it is that we want to encourage, <br /> <br />Generally, we are trying to encourage (1) cost-effective conservation; (2) <br /> <br />environmentally beneficial conservation; Bnd (3) conservation that is equitable to existing users, <br /> <br />More specifically, we want to encourage conservation that: <br /> <br />· reSults in net income. that stays tbe same or increases; <br /> <br />. results in no significant adverse third party impacts; . <br />" . <br /> <br />17 <br />