1. Demand management remains a concept under development; a separate agricultural discussion is planned. Staff and consultants presented an approach targeted for GSA board consideration this fall, not a program approved at this meeting. The proposed sequence begins with baseline planning, then voluntary measures and incentives, expanded requirements, mandatory measures, and potential emergency actions. Possible triggers include sustainable management criteria, sustainable yield, water year conditions, and effects between subbasins. A member raised concerns about the economic effects of agricultural measures on growers and landowners, including who would bear the costs of fallowing land. The committee favored a special meeting to examine agricultural measures in greater depth; no date was set.
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