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<br />nfltHJ~~ <br /> <br />. is cost effective; <br /> <br />. considers environmental consequences; and <br /> <br />. is equitable to existing users. <br /> <br />As an example, recent California legislation concerning water transfers. by dampening <br /> <br />the effects of "reasonable" use, tend to focus only on economics and not on the environment. <br /> <br />However, this term could possibly be the basis for an argument that environmental <br />considerations should be included. <br /> <br />The Role of Irrigation Districts in Water Conservation <br /> <br />There may be several roles for irrigatioD districts in carrying out water conservation, In <br /> <br /> <br />order to describe these roles, it may help to distinguish the different types of irrigation districts <br /> <br /> <br />because different types of districts may play different roles in conservation efforts depending on <br /> <br />their traditional functions, For example, there are some districts that have been acting as <br /> <br />wholesalers and not as distributors of water like the more traditional irrigation districts, <br /> <br />There is also a need to provide incentives to districts, or to employ coercive techniques <br /> <br /> <br />in order to get the districts to agree to take on roles not traditionally assumed, 'Incentives may <br /> <br /> <br />include allowing tbe districts to sell or make alternative use of conserved water to achieve rural <br /> <br /> <br />development or make improvements within the district. <br /> <br />There is no agreement that simply providing incentives will be enough. Districts may <br /> <br />engage in consel"'ation efforts only if they have soll\e higher ,external authority telling them that <br /> <br />18 <br />