ABSTRACTThree main issues are discussed: the demands for additional water stemming from population dispersion; supply alternatives to large‐scale interbasin transfers; and the displacement of agriculture from nonprofit regions. It is concluded that population dispersion is unlikely to increase aggregate water demands; that large additional supplies are available from other sources at lesser costs; and that a very likely consequence of large‐scale transfers will be the displacement of agriculture in other parts of the coun
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