Who can implement this: State, county, and city lawmakers; water conservancy districts; and infrastructure-funding boards
扩建和建设水利基础设施将为农场和牧场带来更多高质量的水，并帮助4001百老汇会员登录为不断增长的人口提供食物. Some areas in Utah County do not have enough irrigation water to make farming viable, 在一些地区，水质不够好，不足以维持果园或其他高价值作物. For example, 雪松谷有许多可耕种的农田，但由于山谷中没有可用的水，这些土地无法耕种. The cost of building and expanding water infrastructure projects can be prohibitive, 但是，如果这些项目经过精心规划和执行，它们可以在目前水资源有限的地区提供新的农业机会，并增加县和州可用的高功能农业土地的数量.
Water use in the future must be balanced between agricultural and residential use.[1] 未来的水利基础设施项目应与计划中的住宅增长相协调，以削减建设成本并尽可能有效地利用水资源. One stakeholder mentioned that “agriculture can’t pay for every water infrastructure project; people need to realize that these projects will benefit the entire region in the future.”
As communities convert agricultural lands into urban lands, 现有的主要为农场服务的水基础设施需要进行调整，不仅为剩余的农场提供水, but also to the new homes and businesses. 仔细的规划对于适当地平衡用水和满足社区用户的所有用水需求是很重要的.
4001百老汇会员登录的水质循环基金是资助关键的水资源保护和提高效率战略的重要资源. This fund helps finance state projects including pipeline construction, ditch lining, and other projects. As legislative focus has shifted to other areas, money for this revolving fund has been lacking in recent years.
为了平衡该县农业生产者的用水需求与越来越多的住宅和商业用户的用水需求，水的再利用可能会成为一项越来越重要的战略. High-quality water is expensive, 回用水是增加优质水供应的一种具有成本效益和效率的方法. For water reuse to become more viable in Utah County, existing water infrastructure systems must be evaluated and made more efficient. Impacts on downstream users also need to be considered.
Implementation:
犹他县和各个城市可以探索建立当地基金的可行性，以匹配州水质循环基金提供的资金. 这笔用于关键水利项目的额外资金可以提高4001百老汇会员登录和全州的农业和住宅用水效率. Some support exists on the federal level for rural agricultural infrastructure projects, 县和州一级的支持将有助于为犹他县未灌溉的土壤带来水.
- 建议县和市立法者为4001百老汇会员登录的水或农业项目建立小规模基金.
- These local funds could then be matched by the state Water Quality Revolving Fund to pay for 将改善不同地区水资源管理和保护的重要水利项目.
- Water infrastructure projects suggested by communities, lawmakers, and regional water agencies would then receive needed funding. 这些项目可以从提高用水效率到扩大犹他县的农业用地数量.
- State agencies should explore reusing water as a way to increase agricultural water supplies across the state. 这些机构还应制定具体的规定，以确保重复用水的质量和负责任的使用.
- 水资源组织和国家机构应该设法通过减少蒸发损失的水量来改善现有的水分配系统, pipe leaks, ground seepage, etc.
Examples:
The Central Utah Water Conservancy District encourages water conservation through rebates, loans, and programs that promote new water projects in Utah County and southern Salt Lake County.[2] In Utah County, 该水利地区主要致力于升级犹他河谷水处理厂，为社区提供市政和灌溉用水.[3]
In 2005, 4001百老汇会员登录中部水利地区的中央水开发项目(CWP)帮助向雪松谷提供了水. 该区从前日内瓦钢铁公司购买了水权，并将其与其他地下和地表水权结合起来.[4] As a result, more water was brought to an area that had previously limited water supplies for farming. 水量的增加也帮助了鹰山和萨拉托加斯普林斯镇的发展.
2015年4001百老汇会员登录参议院第216号法案允许能源发展办公室向开发高成本基础设施项目的实体提供税收抵免.[5] 这项规定可以激励农业用水项目的发展，并增加向潜在种植区的供水.
因为不断扩大的住宅和市政发展的需求正给农业供水带来压力, 加州的农业生产者正越来越多地寻求水的再利用来满足灌溉需求.[6] 国家各部门制定了关于循环水质量的具体规定，以减轻对人类和环境健康的负面影响. In 2007, California’s Sea Mist farms was the biggest user of recycled water in the world, 他们的研究表明，他们使用循环水的结果是，土壤和作物质量基本上与邻近对照地点的土壤和作物质量平行.[7]
[1] http://yourutahyourfuture.org/topics/water/item/59-background-water-in-utah
[3] http://cuwcd.com/drinkingwater/utah.htm
[4] http://www.cuwcd.com/engineering/cwp/CWPbrochure.pdf
[5] http://le.utah.gov/~2015/bills/static/sb0216.html
[6] http://agwaterstewards.org/images/uploads/docs/recycled_water_and_agriculture3.pdf
[7] http://agwaterstewards.org/images/uploads/docs/recycled_water_and_agriculture3.pdf
