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<br />001G62 <br />IRRIGATION DIS1RICI'S AND WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />John R Davidson. <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />We associate irrigation districts with water pollution control for the same reason that we <br /> <br /> <br />associate them with the issues of water transfer and conservation: The districts have the water! <br /> <br /> <br />When there are water controversies of any type in the American West, it is inevitable that <br /> <br /> <br />irrigation districts or related forms of water distnlmtion organizations will be principal players, <br /> <br /> <br />and central to any useful resolution. Mr. Bushong's research into the recent censuses made this <br /> <br /> <br />point c1early.15 To the extent that irrigation contnbutes to water pollution, irrigation districts <br /> <br /> <br />must be involved in the solution of the problem. <br /> <br />WATER POILUIlON AND AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF: TIIE NONPOINT SOURCE <br /> <br />In its 1986 National Water Quality Inventory, the United States Environmental Protection <br />Agency stated: <br /> <br />· Professor of Law, University of South Dakota School of Law. <br /> <br />15 Bushong, "Introduction to Irrigation Districts," Natural Resources Law Center (Nov. 1990). <br /> <br />27 <br />