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FJ <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />61 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />water resources from being developed while seven million people <br />have been added to the state's population in the last decade; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, many communities in the San Joaquin Valley are <br />among the most rapidly urbanizing areas of the State, resulting <br />in pressure to convert agricultural water to urban uses in the <br />same locality; and <br />WHEREAS, voluntary transfers of agricultural water have <br />accomplished among agricultural, urban and industrial water <br />consistent with economic need and available water management <br />technology; and <br />WHEREAS# suggestions have been made that agriculture should <br />relinquish even more of its water resources beyond present <br />contract shortage requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, others have suggested that permanent reductions in <br />agricultural water use be mandated by taking certain irrigated <br />agricultural crops, such as cotton, rice and alfalfa out of <br />production; and <br />WHEREAS, through the Association's Water Transfer Task Force <br />agencies are pursuing development of environmental documentation <br />to expedite voluntary water transfers in the future; and <br />WHEREAS, advocates of involuntary transfers of water would <br />condemn the people of California to endless litigation in order <br />to accomplish this objective; and <br />WHEREAS, it should be recognized that, except in severe dry <br />year conditions, California's water resources are adequate to <br />meet the requirements of the competing needs, but lagging <br />