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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,> <br /> <br />management areas. Each AMA has a statutory management goal. Prior <br /> <br /> <br />to each management period, the DWR will develop a management plan <br /> <br />for each AMA which will include conservation requirements for <br /> <br />all types of water users - agricultural, municipal and industrial. <br /> <br /> <br />The plans may also include proposals to augment the AMA's water <br /> <br /> <br />supply. After the year 2006, the state may incorporate a program <br /> <br />to purchase and retire grandfathered rights, if such a program <br /> <br /> <br />is necessary to meet the long-term management goal. <br /> <br />The cornerstone of 1980 Groundwater Act is conservation. <br /> <br />The law calls for effective water conservatio practices by all <br /> <br /> <br />groundwater users - mines, farmers, industry, cities and towns <br /> <br />within existing AMA's. During the fiscal year, the Department <br /> <br />of Water Resources established the Office of Water Conservation <br /> <br />and hired two conservation specialists to provide technical expertise <br /> <br />in developing specific conservation goals. <br /> <br />The goal of the urban conservation program is to gradually <br /> <br />reduce the amount of groundwater withdrawn by all non-irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />users. Over a 45-year period divided into five management plans, <br /> <br />the DWR will establish increasingly stringent conservatio require- <br /> <br />ments to meet the long-term goal of balancing the annual amount <br /> <br />of water consumption with the renewable supply. <br /> <br />Part of the agricultural conservation program is establishing <br /> <br />the per-acre amount of groundwater farmers will be able to use. <br /> <br />In calculating the "irrigation water duty", the Department will <br /> <br />3( <br />