A team effort:Through the Billion Gallon Project groups are working together to save water in Idaho with smart irrigation systems

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John Balint is by no means a "tree hugger." He wouldn't describe liimself as a hippie either. But the owner of Mountain High Landscapes in Ketchum, Idaho, is concerned about inefficient water use and the toll it is taking on Wood River Valley's Big Wood River."The river runs straight through the valley and I'm always seeing the effects of not enough snow in the winter and not enough rain in the spring," Balint says. "We're irrigating faster than aquifers can recharge and are using more water than is being put into the system. What can we do."