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Which, if any, of the following actions are being taken by your
state government and/or by regional or local authorities to
address current and future water needs in your state? (Check all that apply.) | ||
| 1. | Developing markets to allow voluntary water transfers among users | ||
| 2. | Developing new water supplies through reuse of reclaimed water | ||
| 3. | Developing new water supplies through recycling of storm water | ||
| 4. | Developing new water supplies using desalination (seawater or brackish ground water) | ||
| 5. | Encouraging, requiring, and/or providing incentives for water conservation | ||
| 6. | Improving vegetation management along streams and rivers to increase stream flow | ||
| 7. | Improving riparian buffers to enhance water quality and increase water quantity | ||
| 8. | Increasing storage capacity, including surface storage reservoirs or artificial groundwater recharge | ||
| 9. | Managing surface and ground water together (conjunctive management) so that these sources can be used in combination or alternately | ||
| 10. | Monitoring water availability and withdrawals within the state | ||
| 11. | Pursuing water price restructuring | ||
| 12. | Requiring local water agencies to conduct water availability assessments before approving new development or changes in land use | ||
| 13. | Using cloud seeding to induce precipitation where it might not occur naturally, or in greater quantities than might occur naturally | ||
| 14. | Using inter-basin transfer of water | ||
| 15. | Other actions being taken to address water needs (Please specify below.) | ||
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9oth. If you checked "other" (above), please provide a brief description in the textbox below. (The textbox will expand to accommodate your response.) |
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