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<br />00100". <br /> <br />might help districts are accounting techniques for tracking water use, return flows and water <br /> <br /> <br />savings, and techniques for the delivery of salvaged and conserved water. <br /> <br />Unclear, tulver.se or conflicting SI4le IIlws <br /> <br />For example the surplus requirement under California state law works to discourage <br /> <br />conservation because it requires that only surplus waters can be sold. <br /> <br />Third party effects <br /> <br />In some cases the side effects of conservation efforts, such as the drying up of wetlands, <br /> <br />reduction of return flows. and diminishment of the economic infrastructure supporting <br /> <br />agriculture will act as negative externalities, These unanticipated costs to downstream users are <br /> <br />frequently overlooked in water trades, <br /> <br />Overcoming the Barriers <br /> <br />There are different approaches that could be initiated to overcome some of these <br /> <br />barriers to conservation. Some focus on providing incentives to conserve and to spark interest <br /> <br />in tbe districts. Other approaches focus on educating legislators and district board members so <br /> <br /> <br />they feel more capable to address, regulate and take on new roles. Both incentives and <br /> <br /> <br />education could work together to create a better environment so when tbe conservation <br /> <br /> <br />opportunities arise, there will be people to act as catalysts. Alternatively or in addition, the <br /> <br />24 <br />