Effects of agricultural acreage reduction on water availability and salinity in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Howe, Charles W.; Orr, Douglas V.

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“…Water quantity and water quality issues in the Colorado River Basin in the United States have been examined in a series of studies. In an early study, Howe and Orr (1974) used linear progrmming methods and a regional input-output model to estimate the direct and indirect income lost from upper basin agricultural acreage reduction as an altemative to traditional safinity control methods. Production activiLies in the upper mainstern of the Colorado River Basin were divided into 33 economic sectors.…”

Section: Water Quantity and Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management

Lee¹

1999

Policy Research Working Papers

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Section: Water Quantity and Qualitymentioning

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Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management

Lee¹

1999

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…In addition, Young and Leathers (1978) have studied other on-farm options that primarily involve more careful management of irrigation water application and modified cropping patterns . Howe and Young (1978) and Howe and Orr (1974) studied the savings in consumptive use of water and salt in the return flow that would be involved in phasing out marginal agricultural lands in the Grand and Uncompaghre Valleys of Colorado . The former study considered a phase-out of 8,800 acres in the Grand Valley and 10,200 in the Uncompaghre, calculating the direct and indirect losses that might ensue .…”

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Water and arid lands of the western United States

1989

Choice Reviews Online

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Background Hydrology, water use patterns, and the value of water in the subbasins of the Upper Colorado River Basin 169 181 Water quality issues in the Colorado Basin 198 The potential for intrastate and interstate water markets involving the Upper Basin Principal findings and policy recommendations Appendix : Detailed derivation of state income impacts 208 224 6 Growth and water in the South Coast Basin of California Henry J. Vaux, Jr.

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“…For instance, Hartman and Seastone (1970) theoretically demonstrated the potential economic gains of introducing water markets. Howe and Orr (1974) analyzed tradable water rights taking water quality into account. Vaux and Howitt (1984), Becker (1995), and Easter et al (1998) found substantial welfare gains from water rights trading.…”

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How Market-Based Water Allocation Can Improve Water Use Efficiency in the Aral Sea Basin?

Bekchanov¹,

Bhaduri

Ringler

2013

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in ABSTRACTIncreasing water demand due to population growth and economic development under the mounted investment costs for developing new water sources calls for efficient, equitable and sustainable management of water resources in many developing countries. This is more essential in the Aral Sea basin where the tremendous development in irrigation since the 1960s combined with unbalanced water resources management led to the destruction of the ecosystems in the delta zone and the gradual desiccation of the Aral Sea, once the fourth biggest lake of the world with a surface area of 68,000 km 2 and total water volume of 1,100 km 3 . Disintegration of the Central Asian states after the collapse of the Soviet Union also increased the tensions among up-and downstream users over sharing water resources. Insufficient investments in irrigation infrastructure, lack of economic incentives to adopt water-wise approaches, and inefficient water governance and institutions have been the main reasons of decreased water use efficiency in the post-Soviet period.Market-based water allocation is tested to deal with aggravating water conflicts in the Aral Sea basin. Aggregated integrated hydro-economic model is constructed to analyze the water market mechanism as an alternative option to the traditional administrative water allocation. Water users are allowed to trading their water use rights and increasing their benefits under this decentralized water management system. The analyses show the availability of additional gains amounted to US$ 373 to 476 million under inter-catchment water trading depending on the level of water availability. Similarly, additional gains of US$ 259 to 339 million are estimated under intra-catchment water trading. Furthermore, increased trend of additional gains from water trading along with decreased water availability are found. However, transaction costs of introducing tradable water rights are essential to judge the effectiveness of water market reforms and initiate appropriate institutional changes. According to our estimations, transaction costs of more than 5 ¢/m 3 of traded water use rights eliminate the potential benefits of the water trading option. Friendly relationships among the riparian countries and infrastructural improvements are suggested as a means of developing low cost enforcement of water trading contracts.

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Effects of agricultural acreage reduction on water availability and salinity in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Cited by 8 publications

References 1 publication

Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management

Review of Integrated Approaches to River Basin Planning, Development, and Management

Water and arid lands of the western United States

How Market-Based Water Allocation Can Improve Water Use Efficiency in the Aral Sea Basin?

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