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Voluntary Incentive Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service -- Environmental Quality Incentives Program -- Ground and Surface Water Program-Quick Response Area
- Voluntary program with a contract for four years, three years of payments
- Additional incentives offered to water rights located within the targeted area
- Conversion to dryland farming
- Additional points given to those willing to enter the Water Rights Conservation Program for ten years
- Applications can be taken at the Natural Resources Conservation Service centers
- For more information, please visit the Environmental Quality Incentives Program website
Water Transition Assistance Program
- Voluntary program designed to help restore aquifers and streams in critical areas
- Permanent dismissal of water right
- Land is available for dryland farming
- Monetary compensation is based on the amount of Historic Consumptive Water Use available under the water right
- For more information, please visit the Water Transition Assistance Program website