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<br />00101)'3 <br /> <br />enactment of coercive regulation could force change onto irrigation institutions. Some specific <br />suggestions for change follow. <br /> <br />SucassfuJ demonstrations that conservation effOl1S C/UI be odUeved <br /> <br />By facilitating some district's efforts to undertake successful conservation programs, <br /> <br />examples could be set that might encourage other districts to undertake similar programs, Well <br /> <br />known examples include the City of Casper's agreement with the Casper-AJcova Irrigation <br />District and the MWD-IID agreement. <br /> <br />Broaden the TnDrket opponunity <br /> <br />Providing successful examples is one way. to do this, We need to follow through on <br /> <br /> <br />some of the opportunities available to districts in order to demonstrate that the conservation <br /> <br /> <br />efforts can work and can produce desirable benefits for all parties involved. Water banks, <br /> <br /> <br />including Kern CountY, Califoinia and Snake RIver in Idaho, are examples of successful <br /> <br /> <br />conservation efforts. <br /> <br />~ SlJJ/J! low <br /> <br />For example, there are some municipalities in Utah that are willing to buy water rights <br /> <br /> <br />to keep in their parks and condominium organizations but under state law this is Dot a <br /> <br /> <br />beneficial we of water. In addition to amendments to existing water law, there should be a <br /> <br /> <br />nc:;w state law enacted that would expand, the authority of irrigation districts, allow them ,to take <br /> <br />2S <br />