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<br />Page Eight <br /> <br />This approach may be more complicated institutionally because of the <br /> <br />land-owner consent requirements of Senate Bill 213 or the permit requirements <br /> <br />which would accompany the formation of a designated groundwater basin. <br /> <br />However, integrating groundwater under existing areas of development of <br /> <br />existing water service systems may, if proved feasible, be a viable use of the <br /> <br />groundwater resources. <br /> <br />The integration of locally available groundwater into larger service systems <br /> <br />has the general advantage of providing diversification. Surface based systems <br /> <br />may benefit by the inclusion of dry year supplemental supplies; groundwater <br /> <br />systems would benefit by the shift in reliance toward renewable supplies and <br /> <br />by the accompanying extension of the life of groundwater systems. <br /> <br />In an integrated surface water - groundwater supply, the groundwater component <br /> <br />may offer advantages in the form of reuse of municipal return flows. The <br /> <br />return flow from nontributary sources if identifiable, is not committed to the <br /> <br />water rights in the stream system and may be reused. Reuse is being conducted <br /> <br />presently in some groundwater-based districts for irrigation of parks and golf <br /> <br />courses. <br />