Streams of
Life: Water in the American West
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The
Future
Some
approaches to address the future include:
- Better drip
irrigation systems with no water loss.
- Subsidized
federal water should be phased down. Surplus crops discouraged, and
"double-dipping" outlawed. Double dipping is a farmer already using
subsidized water and also using federal offers for agricultural
price supports.
- Growing
higher value crops.
- Reforming
rates to discourage irrigation.
- Programs to
encourage switching to desert crops like jojoba.
- Pursuing
nonstructural solutions to drainage and salinity problems by
practicing conservation and growing crops that are adapted to water
that has been recycled several times.
- Addressing
environmental issues caused by water diversions
- Streamlining
water transfer laws and policies to help increase efficiency in
water transfer and making sure that water transfers are not
wasted.
- Promoting
water conservation and salvage.
- Discounts
and drought support for farmers who participate in water
conservation programs.
- Educating
people and creating the ethic of not destroying our own
environment.
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