Return Flow Control Policy and Income Distribution among Irrigators

Daniel J. Dudek and Gerald L. Horner

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1981, vol. 63, issue 3, 438-446

Abstract: Income distributional impacts and irrigation return flows resulting from the implementation of alternative water quality policies were projected for the Western San Joaquin Subbasin from a recursive simulation of an integrated physical-economic analytical system. The imposition of a water management policy to increase irrigation efficiency resulted in an improved income distribution with a slight decline in average firm income. Salt load and concentrations were reduced by 80%. A policy of increased surface water costs worsened income distribution and decreased average firm income by 34%. Total salt load decreased by 35%, but the concentration in return flows was only slightly decreased.

Date: 1981
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