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<br />on099S <br /> <br />A district's willingness to make investments in water conservation practices may be tied <br /> <br />to tbe district's perception of a water sbortage, For example, Marin County efforts to distribute <br /> <br />tbe low flow sbower devices was likely tied to tbe fact tbe district was facing a potentially <br /> <br />severe water sbortage. There was a definite coercive environment because tbe voters bad <br />, , <br /> <br />recently turned down a bond issue and gave a strong message to tbe district tbat the district <br /> <br />could not keep increasing its water supply. <br /> <br />The district could apply fOl federal or state grants for the purpose of making system <br /> <br />improvements for the collServation of water. A related role involves conducting technical <br /> <br />research for the purpose of collServing water within the district <br /> <br />Providing incentives to wus <br /> <br />There are both monetary and nonmonetary incentives the District could provide to its <br /> <br />users in an effort to collServe water. The following suggestions are illustrative: <br /> <br />" District representatives could be given the authority or direction to act as middlemen <br /> <br />in tbe transfer of conserved water, brokers or transfer agents between their <br /> <br />constituent users and potential transferees within and without district boundaries, <br /> <br />" Districts could adopt an inverted block rate structure for the sale of water to their <br /> <br />constituent users; in this way a farmer would not be penalized if he used only the <br /> <br />"duty of water" or the objective quantity needed to grow his particular crops; <br /> <br />20 <br />