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What Is The Use Value Of Irrigation Water From The High Plains Aquifer?, Federico García Suárez, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin
What Is The Use Value Of Irrigation Water From The High Plains Aquifer?, Federico García Suárez, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
This study provides an estimate of the gross value of irrigation water from the U.S. High Plains
Aquifer. We estimate a yield function for aggregated crop biomass production, based on countylevel
observations for 1960–2007. This study found that irrigation increases total biomass yield in this
region by an average of 51%. We estimate the average gross annual value of irrigation as of 2007 to
be $196 per acre, for a total of about $3 billion across the aquifer. We also estimate that on average
across the aquifer, exposure to 24 hours of temperatures above 33C (one degree day) reduces biomass …