The Pacific Institute's report details the ways that California farmers can implement water efficiency practices to reduce water use by 17 percent while maintaining current levels of productivity.

According to the executive summary of the report, the authors aim to quantitatively and qualitatively explore the following three technology and management scenarios:

• Efficient Irrigation Technology: shifting a fraction of the crops irrigated using flood irrigation to sprinkler and drip systems;

• Improved Irrigation Scheduling: using local climate and soil information to help farmers more precisely irrigate to meet crop water needs; and

• Regulated Deficit Irrigation: applying less water to crops during drought-tolerant growth stages to save water and improve crop quality or yield.