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Show Background Since the Credit Program was established in July 1993, 85 applications for water conservation measures have been received. These projects range in size and type. Most of the projects submitted to date are for agricultural conservation. Projects include conversion from flood irrigation to sprinkler irrigation and piping or lining of canal and ditches. Municipal and industrial conservation projects include construction of pressurized secondary systems, recycling or water reuse, central control systems and plumbing retrofit projects. Of the 85 projects, 31 projects have successfully completed all the steps of the Credit Program and have been placed on the " Active Inventory". The Active Inventory consists of projects which were found to be cost- effective, without significant adverse impact to the financial integrity of the District or a petitioner, environmentally acceptable and in the public interest. Once a year CUWCD prioritizes and ranks these projects for funding. FY 1995 was the first year that conservation projects were selected for implementation through the Credit Program. A total of nine projects were placed on the Active Inventory and four of the projects were approved for federal funding. One of the projects later withdrew from the approval list because they were not prepared to proceed. For the three projects that were implemented, CUWCD achieved 1,374 acre- feet per year of water conservation. In FY 1996, twelve projects were placed on the Active Inventory and ten were approved for federal funding. CUWCD achieved 10,549 acre- feet per year of water conservation for those projects. Figure 1 demonstrates the progress made by CUWCD toward achieving its water conservation goal. Figure 1 Cumulative Acre- Feet Water Savings CUWCD Conservation Goal 39,294 Acre- Feet FY 1995 1,374 acre- feet ( 3%) yet to be achieved 27,371 acre- feet ( 70%) FY 1996 11,923 acre- feet ( 30%) |
