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6 Policies and Recommendations...................................................................... 6-1

6.1 Introduction.............................................................................................. 6-1

6.2 Additional Regional Water Plan Recommendations......................... 6-1

6.2.1....... Additional Regional Water Supply Storage....................... 6-1

6.2.2....... Lockhart Reservoir................................................................ 6-2

6.3 Guiding Principles and Assumptions................................................... 6-2

6.3.1....... Regional Balance of Benefits and Costs —
Mitigation Policy.................................................................... 6-2

6.3.2....... Conservation.......................................................................... 6-3

6.3.3....... Use of Evaluation Criteria.................................................... 6-3

6.3.4....... Potential Reductions in Permitted
Groundwater Supply.............................................................. 6-3

6.3.5....... Groundwater Sustainability.................................................. 6-4

6.3.6....... Protection of Edwards Aquifer Springflow
and Downstream Water Rights............................................ 6-4

6.3.7....... Planning for System Management
Water Supplies...................................................................... 6-4

6.4 Feasibility of Meeting Irrigation Water Needs.................................... 6-5

6.5 Evaluation Criteria................................................................................. 6-5

6.6 Conservation Planning Guidelines....................................................... 6-7

6.7 Legislative Recommendations............................................................. 6-7

6.7.1....... Plan Implementation.............................................................. 6-7

6.7.2....... Changes in TWDB Planning Process.............................. 6-11

6.7.3....... Proposals for Other Legislative Changes........................ 6-13

6.7.4....... Ecologically Unique Stream Segments and
Unique Reservoir Sites...................................................... 6-14

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Supplement 2

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Figure 1 Economic Feasibility of Meeting Projected Irrigation Water Needs (Section 6, Supplement 1)

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Table A Projected Irrigation Water Needs - South Central Texas Region (Supplement 1, Section 6)

Table B Estimates of Income from Irrigation to Produce Crops Table B Cont. (Supplement 1, Section 6)