Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon
Prior appropriations of river flows (primarily to agriculture) have greatly reduced flow in many Oregon streams, causing major changes in stream ecosystems. This study focuses on trade-offs between instream and agricultural uses for the two largest irrigation districts in Oregon's Deschutes Riv...
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1997-12-01
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| description | Prior appropriations of river flows (primarily to agriculture) have greatly reduced flow in many Oregon streams, causing major changes in stream ecosystems. This study focuses on trade-offs between instream and agricultural uses for the two largest irrigation districts in Oregon's Deschutes River basin. Both short- and long-term water lease strategies are examined, as are requirements now in place that water leases be accompanied by fallowing land formerly served by the leased water. The low-cost strategies combine canal lining with reductions in farmer's per acre water use. Short-term leases are less costly than long-term leases |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21deea9c98e64671aec4d5973f7376312022-12-21T20:09:24ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851997-12-0122220822110.22004/ag.econ.3085830858Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, OregonBrenda TurnerGregory M. PerryPrior appropriations of river flows (primarily to agriculture) have greatly reduced flow in many Oregon streams, causing major changes in stream ecosystems. This study focuses on trade-offs between instream and agricultural uses for the two largest irrigation districts in Oregon's Deschutes River basin. Both short- and long-term water lease strategies are examined, as are requirements now in place that water leases be accompanied by fallowing land formerly served by the leased water. The low-cost strategies combine canal lining with reductions in farmer's per acre water use. Short-term leases are less costly than long-term leaseshttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30858instream flowirrigationparametric programmingstochastic programming with recoursewater market |
| spellingShingle | Brenda Turner Gregory M. Perry Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics instream flow irrigation parametric programming stochastic programming with recourse water market |
| title | Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon |
| title_full | Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon |
| title_fullStr | Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon |
| title_short | Agriculture to Instream Water Transfers under Uncertain Water Availability: A Case Study of the Deschutes River, Oregon |
| title_sort | agriculture to instream water transfers under uncertain water availability a case study of the deschutes river oregon |
| topic | instream flow irrigation parametric programming stochastic programming with recourse water market |
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