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<br />000957 <br /> <br />contractors. <br /> <br />c. Water transfers are being <br /> <br />incorporated as an integral part of the Kern Water Bank. <br /> <br />Part of the yield of this innovative and complex <br /> <br />conjunctive use program in Kern County will require a <br /> <br />transfer of SWP entitlement water from the Kern County. <br /> <br />Water Agency (KCWA) to the other SWP contractors in <br /> <br />exchange for use of the water previously stored <br /> <br />underground in Kern County by DWR. <br /> <br />7. Future Transfer Activities. Metropolitan <br /> <br />will continue to identify and develop water transfer <br /> <br />programs in the future. These future programs will <br /> <br />emphasize the use of financial incentives in <br /> <br />agricultural areas to increase conservation and improve <br /> <br />water management, making additional water available to. <br /> <br />meet Southern California's needs. Future programs will <br /> <br />include: <br /> <br />~ <br />-<;, . p.v<"" \.),:!l' <br />-c~-~f"<" <br />a. lID-type conservation programs, <br /> <br />especially where technically and politically feasible in <br /> <br />the drainage impacted portions of the western San <br /> <br />Joaquin Valley. <br /> <br />b. Conjunctive use programs similar to <br /> <br />the Arvin-Edison exchange. <br /> <br />c. Agreements with landowners and their <br /> <br />water agencies to alter farming practices, for example, <br /> <br />by fallowing additional acres in their crop rotation or <br /> <br />implementing on-farm conservation, to make additional <br /> <br />water available for use by growing urban areas. <br /> <br />-27- <br />