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<br />001028 <br /> <br />furtherance of our objective of public awareness, legislation would be enacted to require <br />I <br />education in schools on water issues; environmental education, etc. Finally, the state should <br /> <br />consider creating statewide superdistricts to address conservation, regional planning and other <br /> <br />issues, and possibly a statewide irrigation efficiency. commission. <br /> <br />Work at the LocaJ Level <br /> <br />Local initiatives could be undertaken to facilitate an exchange of information among <br /> <br />diverse interest groups, to educate, and to provide technical assistance and financial incentives <br /> <br />to irrigation districts. The following ideas are illustrative, <br /> <br />. coordinate local leader meetings to bring together mayors, city leaders and district <br /> <br />board members for an excbange of information and to define their respective duties, <br /> <br />responsibilities and concerns; <br /> <br />. sponsor a series of discussions between ihe local groups and the irrigation district; <br /> <br />. form a group to provide assistance to reform candidates who want to ronfor district <br /> <br />boardS; <br /> <br />. initiate litigation to force irrigation districts to accomplish change and to provide the <br /> <br />impetus for change (it was also suggested tbat this could be done through <br /> <br />administrative appeals); and <br /> <br />. provide financial assistance to irrigation districts in the way of loans or grants in <br /> <br />order to give them the incentive to implement some conservation measures, water <br /> <br />quality cleanup, etc. <br /> <br />54 <br />