Economic incentives reduce irrigation deliveries and drain water volume

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-141

  Wichelns, Dennis ^a   Houston, Lauree ^b   Cone, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Natural Resource Economist   (United States)

^c Broadview Water District   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Economic incentives; Irrigation; Water management practices; Water pricing; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FINANCE; IRRIGATION; PURCHASING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DRAIN WATER VOLUME; ECONOMIC INCENTIVES; FARM LEVEL WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FARM SPECIFIC WATER ALLOTMENTS; LOANS; WATER PRICING;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMICS; IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; IRRIGATION; WATER QUALITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030139263     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01103697     Document Type: Article

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