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CED-79-1 1 (1978-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayfj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i0OCUNENT RESUME 07666 - CC30O8j70 Better Water Management and Conservaticn Possible, but Constraints Need To Be Overcome. CED-79-1; B-114885. October 31p 1978. 30 pp. Report to Cecil D. Andrus, Department of the Interior; ty Henry Eschweqe, Director, Community and Eccncsic Development iv. Issue Area: Water and Water Related Programs: Water conservation and reuse programs (2504). Contact: Community and Economic Develc;ment Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy: Water Resources and Power (301); Natural Resources, Rnvironment, and Energy: Polluticm Control and Abatement (304); Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy: Energy (305). Organization Concerned: Bureau of Reclamation. Conqressional Relevance: Honse Committee on Interior and Tnsular Affairs; Senate Committee on 2nergy and Natural Reserceso Authcrity: Rehabilitation and Betteraent Act of 1949, as amended (43 U.S.C. 504). Small Reclamaticn Projects Act of t56, as amended (43 U.S.C. 422ai. Distribution Systems Lcans Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 421a). 43 U.S.C. 372. 43 U.S.C. -U3. Fox v, Ickes, 137 F.2d 30 (D.C. Cir. 1943). Previous GAO reports identified improvcients needed in the Bureau of Reclamation's implementation of agricultural water manaqement and conservation practices, but it was recognized that institutional and legal conbtraints would alfect tke Bureau's ability to implement Lecommend'd changes. In 1977, the Bureau began a study to accelerate the idantification of its p . lects and those of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in which opportunities existed to make better use of eater suprlies. Findings/Conclusions: She study does not deal adequately with contraints and, therefore, has limitations as a basis for ranking projects. The following categories of constraints impede efforts to promote better water management and conservation: the legal right to water saved by irrigators, high cost and repayment requirements of improvirg irrigation efficienciss, adverse effects on other water uses due to vater-saving practices, rights of irrigators under long-term contracts which do not provide for ajustments of water rates and quantities, and lack of data on the nature and extent of the Pederal role for achieving irrigation efficiencies. water banking, the temporary transfer of a aser's right to unneeded water tc an intermediary who would make it available to a user who needs it, can overcome some major constraints to carrying out improved water use practices. Recommendations: The Bureau cf Reclamation should analyze and seek solutions tc constraints in its study efforts and examine the following potential solutions for overcoming constraints: water banking, ccuntSeration of basinwide benefits resulting from improving irrigation systems

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