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<br />I <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF CRITICAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />AGRICULTURE ISSUES: (461 <br />~. Impacts to irrigated agriculture from market-based pricing of water and power <br />. resources <br />. Economic/social impacts to communities from declining agricultural base <br />I <br />t Economic/social impacts to agriculture from environmental protection <br />measures <br />. National economic impacts from rising costs for irrigation water <br />'. Consequences of privatization of federal water facilities <br />I. The social/economic implications of agriculture's changing role in the basin <br /> <br />, <br />POPUlATION GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT ISSUES: 1431 <br />. Compeling demands for water from regional population growth <br />'i. Implications of water delivery contracts negotiated on cost basis rather than <br />market basis <br />I' Water os 0 tool in urban planning <br />. Need 10 coordinate water management with land management <br />. Increasing aesthetic, "non-use", cultural, and recreation values <br />. Population growth/development impacts on rural areas and natural resources <br />:. Conflicts between recreation and environmental protection <br />I <br />ISSUES INVOLVING NATIVE AMERICANS: (101 <br />I. Uncertainties regarding Native American water rights claims <br />'. Implications of potential tribal water marketing <br />~. Resolution of Native American water rights claims <br />1 <br />CONSERVATION/WATER EffiCIENCIES: 1901 <br />~. Opportunities for conservation in agriculture and urban water use <br />. Difficulties in shifting water rights to meet changing land uses <br />. Implications of potential interstate and intrastate water marketing <br />. Impacts to water supplies from environmental protection <br />). Confljcts between water conservation and environmental protection <br />. Problems and opportunities for water reuse <br />, <br />,. Opportunities for economic incentives from Federal, state, and local <br />governments for conservation <br />, Identifying existing flexibility to more equitably serve an expanded range of <br />, functions <br />. Opportunities to enhance precipitation <br />~. Definition of surplus and shortage in water supplies <br />.. Integrate ground water management with surface water management <br />. Opportunities for ground wafer and on-stream storage <br />. "Use it or lose it" mentality as disincentive for efficient water development <br />. Uncertainties involving Federal water rights <br />. Opportunities for inventive solutions to river salinity and other water <br />I quality issues <br /> <br />Total comments: 189 <br /> <br />~~ <br />