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<br /> <br />,) <br />, ,J <br />~.... <br />~ <br />',.) <br />QO <br /> <br />Suggestions for increasing the efficiency of water use were principally <br />directed toward reducing consumption. For example, ene rgy requirements <br />could be reduced by increasing pumping plant efficiencies, and irrigation <br />efficiencies could be increased by better developeo. water wells, by reduc- <br />ing water application, reusing irrigation runoff, ano. improving irrigation <br />system design. For municipal and industrial water uses, consumption <br />could be reduced by improved management, systems management, ano. <br />better land use practices. In other words, movement of water should be <br />kept to a minimum. Booster pumping could be reduced by using smaller, <br />more compact systems. Waste heat sources from facilities such as power <br />plants and sewage treatment plants should be used. Efficiency in fuel <br />usage in transportation could be improved, as could the thermal efficiency <br />of power plants. <br /> <br />Pricing policies should be revised to reflect the true cost of supplying <br />water ano. energybaseo. on the principle that bE!neficiaries pay a major <br />share of the costs. <br /> <br />There were several thoughts on the compehtive uses of water. It <br />was suggested that a demand management approach should be useo. in <br />planning in order to diminish peak demands through a system of pricing; <br />that is, base load demands shoulo. be planned. Planning for peak loads <br />overstimulates growth. Subsidies both for expioitation of energy resources <br />and for continued development of irrigation should be eliminated, Resea.rch <br />should be continued in the area of using industrial ano. o.omestic effluents <br />for irrigation. Finally, an "energy account" shoulo. be added to the <br />"Principles and Standaro.s for Planning Water and Related Land Resources" <br />to insure adequate consio.eration of projects that woulo. increase water <br />supplies. <br /> <br />On the is sue of price changes and capital investment, the main comment <br />was that capital investment ano. related prices should reflect the cost of <br />providing water in the quantity, and quality required. <br /> <br />The question of environmental constraints drew o.iverse oplnlOns. For <br />example, some States felt that the constraints were too strict and others, <br />thought the ,constraints should not be relaxed at all, However, it was <br />generally agreed that, whatever the approach, if the red tape could be <br />minimized, much more could be accomplisheo.. And, in evaluating <br />environmental o.egradation, both the depletion and the pollution of resources <br />should be considered. <br /> <br />_12 - <br />