Q9. Which, if any, of the following actionsare being taken by your state government and/or by regional or local authorities to address current and future water needs in your state?
Checked
(percent)
Number of
respondents
1. Developing markets to allow voluntary water transfers among users
31.9
47
2. Developing new water supplies through reuse of reclaimed water
48.9
47
3. Developing new water supplies through recycling of storm water
10.6
47
4. Developing new water supplies using desalination (seawater or brackish ground water)
19.1
47
5. Encouraging, requiring, and/or providing incentives for water conservation
85.1
47
6. Improving vegetation management along streams and rivers to increase stream flow
42.6
47
7. Improving riparian buffers to enhance water quality and increase water quantity
70.2
47
8. Increasing storage capacity, including surface storage reservoirs or artificial groundwater recharge
63.8
47
9. Managing surface and ground water together (conjunctive management) so that these sources can be used in combination or alternately
80.9
47
10. Monitoring water availability and withdrawals within the state
93.6
47
11. Pursuing water price restructuring
29.8
47
12. Requiring local water agencies to conduct water availability assessments before approving new development or changes in land use
29.8
47
13. Using cloud seeding to induce precipitation where it might not occur naturally, or in greater quantities than might occur naturally
17.0
47
14. Using inter-basin transfer of water
59.6
47
15. Other actions being taken to address water needs (Please specify below.)
34.0
47