IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY, WATER STORAGE, AND LONG RUN WATER CONSERVATION

Joel R. Hamilton and David B. Willis

No 35115, 2003 Annual Meeting, February 1-5, 2003, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: A spreadsheet-based simulation model is used to illustrate the complex relationships between irrigation efficiency, water banking and water conservation under the prior appropriation doctrine. Increases in irrigation efficiency and/or establishment of water banks do not guarantee water conservation. Conservation requires reduction in the quantity of water consumptively used by agriculture.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35115

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