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Evaluation of "Dry Year Option" Water Transfers from Agricultural to Urban Use
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1997-04)
This study investigated the economics of an Edwards Aquifer region "dry-year option" buyout directed toward decreasing agricultural water use in an effort to augment springflow. The research involved several phases. First, ...
Economic Impact of Withdrawing Specific Agricultural Pesticides in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1993-01)
The Air, Pesticides, and Toxics Division of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has encouraged all states to develop a plan to manage the use of pesticides to prevent application that would result in unreasonable ...
Farmers, Lenders and Water Districts Response to Texas
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1993-11)
There are 6.4 million irrigated acres in Texas with 80 percent irrigated from ground water and 20 percent irrigated from surface sources. This is compared to 8.6 million acres irrigated in 1979, a dramatic reduction. Total ...
Estimated Farm Level Benefits of Improved Irrigation Efficiency
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1984-06-10)
There are about 15 million acres of cropland in the U.S. that are irrigated from aquifers which are incurring declining water levels (sloggett). This is primarily in the Great Plains Region where irrigation water is pumped ...
Pricing and Conservation of Irrigation Water in Texas and New Mexico
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1983-10)
Two possible policy alternatives for management of limited water supplies in arid portions of Texas and New Mexico were analyzed for economic feasibility. Detailed studies of the potential impact of a water accumulation ...
Economic Effect of Energy Price and Economic Feasibility and Potenhal of New Technology and Improved Management for Irrigation in Texas
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1982-05)
Irrigation is a major contributing factor in crop production on the Texas High Plains. It is responsible for greatly increasing crop production and farm income for the region. Two factors, a declining groundwater supply ...
A Farm-Level Evaluation of Agricultural Profit and Ground Water Quality: Texas Seymour Aquifer
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1994-12)
The Seymour Aquifer of north-central Texas is known to have elevated levels of nitrates. The design of economically sound policies for reducing agriculture's nitrate contribution to the aquifer suggests a need to evaluate ...