Excerpt from Grassland Bypass Project, Annual Report 2000-2001: Prepared by Sfei for the Grassland Bypass Project Oversight Committee The Grassland Area Farmers formed a regional drainage entity in March 1996 under the umbrella of the San Luis and delta-mendota Water Authority to implement the Grassland Bypass Project. The Project consolidates subsurface drainage flows on a regional basis and utilizes a portion of the federal San Luis Drain to convey the flows around the habitat areas (see Figure Participants include the Broadview Water District, Charleston Drainage District, Firebaugh Canal Water District, Pacheco Water District, Panoche Drainage District, Widren Water District and the Camp 13 Drainage District (located in part of Central California Irrigation District). This entity includes approximately gross acres of irrigated farmland on the westside of the San Joaquin Valley, referred to as the Grassland Drainage Area. The area is highly productive, producing an estimated $113 Million annually in agricultural crop market value, with an additional estimated $126 Million generated for the local and regional economics, for a total estimated economic value of $239 Million. The Grassland Area Farmers have implemented several activities aimed at reducing discharge of subsur face drainage waters to the San Joaquin River. These activities have included the Grassland Bypass Project and the San Joaquin River Water Cluality Improvement Project. They also include: formation of a regional drainage entity, newsletters and other communication with the farmers, a monitoring program, using State Revolving Fund loans for improved irrigation systems, utilizing and installing drainage recycling systems to mix subsurface drainage water with irrigation supplies under strict limits, tiered water pricing and tradable loads programs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.