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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (54734)	9/12/2001 3:21:30 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

In California, they grow rice in the desert and irrigate pasture land. Very rational resource use. Farmers must be something like 1% of the population in California, though, so their political clout is perfectly understandable. Of course, the movie "Chinatown" was set in California too.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (54734)	9/12/2001 3:41:10 PM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, Re: "Soon this must braek apart as the cities are buying up more and more of it [western water]." There has been some success in creating water markets whereby cities can enhance the efficiency of irrigation practices (line canals, change application method) and the conserved water can then be transferred. Of course, the cities pay all the costs and the farmers re-sell something they never fully paid for in the first place. (Forty year repayment of capital costs with no interest.) Re: "In Israel they smartle used drip irrigation." This works great for some crops... problems with salinization in parts of California irrigated lands may also prove to be a solution to reallocation of water. Unless they opt instead for additional reclamation projects to correct this problem (drains and more water). -PT