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An Investigation Of Methods For Estimating Marginal Values Of Irrigation Water, Richard L. Johnson
An Investigation Of Methods For Estimating Marginal Values Of Irrigation Water, Richard L. Johnson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Marginal values of water used in irrigation are needed if water is to be optimally allocated among alternative uses. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis and linear programming methods were studied in this investigation to find their fruit-fulness in predicting these marginal values. The theoretical properties of both methods indicate that they are conceptually capable of yielding valid marginal value estimates for irrigation water.
Further investigation of the two methods was carried out as an empirical test in the Milford area of Utah. Marginal values of water used for irrigation in that area were estimated by both procedures. Although inviolable criteria for …
Transfer Restrictions And Misallocation Of Irrigation Water, Herbert H. Fullerton
Transfer Restrictions And Misallocation Of Irrigation Water, Herbert H. Fullerton
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Water is among the most abundant of all materials known to man. In all its various forms, water covers 75 percent of the earth's surface. It is estimated that the total physical quantity of water on the earth is 326,000,000 cubic miles. This apparent abundance belies the true nature of the water resource as it relates to the needs of man. At any given point in time, only a rather minute portion of this vast quantity of water is found in those forms and locations which render it useful to man. This may be attributed to the fact that utility …
Some Economic Effects Of Irrigation Water Pumping From A Declining Water Table In The Milford Area Of Utah, Duane R. Price
Some Economic Effects Of Irrigation Water Pumping From A Declining Water Table In The Milford Area Of Utah, Duane R. Price
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Surface water is found in very limited quantities in most of southwestern Utah. In order to compensate for a deficit of surface water it has been necessary to use underground water where it is possible and profitable to do so. The Milford pumping area in southwestern Utah is an area where expanded irrigated agriculture has been established by pumping of ground water. It is one of four major pumping areas in the state of Utah.