Water And Agriculture In The Western U S

Author : Ernest A. Engelbert,Ann Foley Scheuring
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520310926

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Water Scarcity by Ernest A. Engelbert,Ann Foley Scheuring Pdf

Agricultural production in the semi-arid western United States is dependent on irrigation. Population in the seventeen western states has been and is expected to continue increasing. Groundwater levels are declining throughout the region with long-term pumping and increased demands leading to greater pumping lifts and costs, land subsidence, and salt water intrusion into groundwater basins. Construction and operation costs of future water development in these states will be great, both in dollars and in economic and social effects. Competition for the available water supply due to increased demands in both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors continues to increase. Although considerable attention has been given to some aspects of declining water supplies for irrigated agriculture in particular areas, this is the first volume to adress in a comprehensive manner the effects of scarce water supplies on agricultural production and the resultant impacts at regional, state, national, and international levels. Over seventy experts, representing all the major physical and social sciences as well as industries examine the issues and conclude that important decisions must be made at all levels of government and private enterprise if the prosperity and quality of life in the region are to be maintained. Specific technical, economic, institutional, and managerial solutions are recommended to forestall an impending water crisis. All segments of society--agriculturalists, urbanites, food processors, land developers, environmentalists, and others--have major stakes in the outcome of any action for future water supplies and distribution in the West. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

Author : Gary Weatherford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000011036

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Water And Agriculture In The Western U.S. by Gary Weatherford Pdf

One of the major questions facing the western U.S. is whether irrigation water can be conserved and reallocated to help meet increasing nonagricultural water demands. This book, based on interdisciplinary research in several states, identifies and analyzes the legal, political, economic, and social issues involved in a "conserve-and transfer" strategy. After providing an overview and policy framework for considering the role of conservation in water management, the authors use case studies to illustrate, for example, why water conservation is not a neutral policy or principle (demonstrating how other legitimate values can be adversely affected by a single-purpose pursuit of conservation); the various options available for conservation; how reallocation occurs in market transactions; and the legal restrictions on the sale of conserved surplus water. Although formal market mechanisms are found to be rudimentary or lacking in most areas of the West, the authors contend that more proficient markets will evolve to measure the economic value of agricultural water. They conclude that a "conserve-and-transfer" strategy is selectively workable through the use of incentives, but that a number of tradeoffs, social concerns, and institutional constraints, which have not been adequately recognized to date, will have to be dealt with by policymakers if the strategy is to have wider application.

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : UOM:39015018855877

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Water-related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/semiarid Lands by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment Pdf

Author : Kenneth D. Frederick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317334309

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Water for Western Agriculture by Kenneth D. Frederick Pdf

This title, originally published in 1982, examines the importance of western irrigation to U.S. agriculture and the impacts of the changing water supply situation on the development of western irrigation. Past trends, water supply conditions, water institutions, economic forces, technological alternatives, and environmental factors are examined for their impacts on the course of western irrigation. Water for Western Agriculture will be of particular interest for students studying environmental issues.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : MINN:319510030688162

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Water-related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/semiarid Lands by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : MINN:31951D02845392Z

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Water-related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/semiarid Lands by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UVA:X030450744

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Irrigation Agriculture in the West by Anonim Pdf

This publication has been prepared in the interest of a permanent irrigation agriculture. Irrigation has played an important role in the remarkable achievement by farmers in this nation in meeting wartime and postwar production goals. It may play an even greater part in our future agricultural production. The food needs of a growing population and the establishment of desirable trade relations with other nations will require the maintenance of efficient, high-level agricultural production.

Author : John Alexander Guthrie,Wendell T. Calhoun,Marion Clawson,United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : UCAL:B5001657

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Markets and New Lands by John Alexander Guthrie,Wendell T. Calhoun,Marion Clawson,United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Pdf

Author : Of Tech Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1410221474

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Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U. S. Arid/Semiarid Lands by Of Tech Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress Pdf

Water is a major limiting factor in most areas where Western arid and semiarid agriculture is currently practiced. Increasing water demands from nonagricultural users plus growing problems of ground water depletion, salt buildup in agricultural soils, and water-quality deterioration are causing heightened concern about the sustainability of Western agriculture. A major part of this concern is focused on whether the Federal agricultural system is prepared to meet the changing needs of Western agriculture and whether technology can assist in providing the Nation with Western agricultural production that is sustainable and profitable over the long term. This report assesses existing and emerging water-related technologies for their ability to support long-term productivity of arid/semiarid agricultural plants and animals in the context of institutional factors, water supply/use relationships, and the characteristics of the renewable natural resource base on which agriculture depends. The study was requested by the House Committee on Agriculture and endorsed by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Water Resources. The technologies examined by the study are generally directed toward: 1) improving efficiency of water use, whether for rain-fed (dryland and rangeland) systems or irrigation; 2) improving water management, storage, and distribution for agriculture; and 3) augmenting existing supplies with additional water not previously available. The report also identifies a number of options for congressional action. A background paper containing examples of application of arid/semiarid agricultural technologies in foreign countries has been published separatelyas part of this assessment. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) greatly appreciates the contributions of the advisory panel, working groups and workshop participants assembled for this study, the authors of the technical papers, and the many other advisors and reviewers who assisted us, including farmers, ranchers, agricultural scientists in government and universities, and experts in the private sector. Their guidance and comments helped develop a comprehensive report. As with all OTA studies, however, the content of the report is the sole responsibility of OTA. John H. Gibbons Director

Author : Ariel Dinar,David Zilberman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461540281

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The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture by Ariel Dinar,David Zilberman Pdf

Jan van Schilfgaarde, USDA Agricultural Research Service and National Research Council Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems In 1982, a startling discovery was made. Many waterbirds in Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge were dying or suffering reproductive failure. Located in the San Joaquin Valley (Valley) of California, the Kesterson Reservoir (Kesterson) was used to store agricultural drainage water and it was soon determined that the probable cause of the damage to wildlife was high concen trations of selenium, derived from the water and water organisms in the reservoir. This discovery drastically changed numerous aspects of water management in California, and especially affected irrigated agriculture. In fact, the repercussions spilled over to much of the Western United States. For a century, water development for irrigation has been a religiously pursued means for economic development of the West. The primary objective of the Reclamation Act of 1902 was, purportedly, the development ofirrigation water to support family farms which, in turn, would enhance the regional economy (Worster, 1985).

Author : United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : UOM:39015004528942

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Report on Agriculture by Irrigation in the Western Part of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890 by United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890 Pdf

Author : Douglas S. Kenney
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845424640

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In Search of Sustainable Water Management by Douglas S. Kenney Pdf

This edited volume adeptly analyzes some of the most salient challenges that face water managers and policy makers: balancing private and public sector roles in water allocation, protecting environmental values and indigenous rights to water, avoiding transboundary water conflicts, and integrating the concept of sustainable development within water policies. . . the chapters in this book are comprehensive and well balanced. . . Kenney and his colleagues have put forth an important contribution to western water policy scholarship. They offer concrete ideas for sustainable water management in the western US informed by international cases, while acknowledging the West s unique political and social context. Tanya Heikkila, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Collectively the papers provide concise, insightful coverage of critical water problems in the US and carefully integrate relevant lessons from international water management into these discussions. Highly recommended. B.F. Hope, Choice Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed and find ways to moderate our growing collective thirst. The volume begins with an exploration of the opportunities, arguments, and mechanisms for transferring lessons between the American West and foreign nations. Succeeding chapters cover individual issues such as: water allocation and the relationship between market mechanisms and government-based approaches, the challenge of environmental protection, the protection of cultural values with a focus on indigenous water rights, the significance of international and interstate rivers in promoting regional conflict and cooperation, and the role of water management in sustainable development. A comprehensive look at one of our most pressing issues, In Search of Sustainable Water Management will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the areas of water management, law, policy studies, economics, planning and public administration.

Author : Kenneth D. Frederick,James C. Hanson
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0801828325

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Water for Western Agriculture by Kenneth D. Frederick,James C. Hanson Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Government publications
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045597262

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Agriculture and Water Use by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf

Author : David Stiller
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781948908818

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Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West by David Stiller Pdf

Water has always been one of the American West’s most precious and limited resources. The earliest inhabitants—Native Americans and later Hispanics—learned to share the region’s scant rainfall and snowmelt. When Euro-Americans arrived in the middle of the nineteenth century, they brought with them not only an interest in large-scale commercial agriculture but also new practices and laws about access to, and control of, the water essential for their survival and success. This included the concept of private rights to water, a critical resource that had previously been regarded as a communal asset. David Stiller’s thoughtful study focuses on the history of agricultural water use of the Rio Grande in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. After surveying the practices of early farmers in the region, he focuses on the impacts of Euro-American settlement and the ways these new agrarians endeavored to control the river. Using the Rio Grande as a case study, Stiller offers an informed and accessible history of the development of practices and technologies to store, distribute, and exploit water in Colorado and other western states, as well as an account of the creation of water rights and laws that govern this essential commodity throughout the West to this day. Stiller’s work ranges from meticulously monitored fields of irrigated alfalfa and potatoes to the local and state water agencies and halls of Congress. He also includes perceptive comments on the future of western water as these arid states become increasingly urbanized during a period of worsening drought and climate change. An excellent read for anyone curious about important issues in the West, Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West offers a succinct summary and analysis of Colorado’s use of water by agricultural interests, in addition to a valuable discussion of the past, present, and future of struggles over this necessary and endangered resource.