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<br />o~a 1.' 2" <br />" <br /> <br />3. The project involves converting from open, unlined <br />canals to a 44,320 foot buried, pressurized, piped <br />delivery system. Two diversion structures will also be <br />rebuilt. The district does not propose any changes to the <br />on-farm irrigation system. <br /> <br />4. Project analysis <br /> <br />a. The amount of water historically used by the <br /> <br /> <br />district exceeded its water rights by nearly <br /> <br /> <br />60 percent. The district did not include any of <br /> <br /> <br />that excess as part of the "conserved water." <br /> <br />b. The conservation project will allow the district to <br /> <br /> <br />meet needs within its water right, but water needs <br /> <br /> <br />are predicted to equal the water right in July and <br /> <br /> <br />August and only achieve the savings in the other <br /> <br /> <br />months. <br /> <br />c. The district is located in a narrow alluvial valley <br /> <br /> <br />and reductions in diversions are expected to <br /> <br /> <br />result in similar reductions in return flows. It is <br /> <br /> <br />therefore difficult to find that the conserved water <br /> <br />would represent waters which were irretrievably <br /> <br /> <br />lost during previous irrigation practices. Since no <br /> <br /> <br />on-farm changes are proposed, it is unlikely that <br /> <br /> <br />there would be a significant reduction in water <br /> <br /> <br />consumption. <br /> <br />9 <br />