The allocative efficiency and conservation potential of water laws encouraging investments in on-farm irrigation technology
2017
Huffaker, Ray | Whittlesey, Norman
Agricultural water conservation statutes are emerging in the West encouraging private irrigators to improve on-farm irrigationefficiency as a basinwide conservation measure. We investigate whether private improvements promote the economicefficiency and conservation of water use basinwide under a wide variety of hydroeconomic circumstances. The standard ofefficiency is how an irrigation district manager should optimally invest in improving the irrigation efficiencies of individualfarms located along a stream while internalizing intrabasin allocative externalities of these investments. The results indicatethat the popular Oregon legislative model may be the least effective in conserving water and promoting economically efficientwater allocation.© 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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