Estimated Farm Level Benefits of Improved Irrigation Efficiency

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Title	Estimated Farm Level Benefits of Improved Irrigation Efficiency

Creator	Lee, John G. Lacewell, Ronald D. Ellis, John R. Reneau, Duane R.

Description	There are about 15 million acres of cropland in the U.S. that are irrigated from aquifers which are incurring declining water levels (sloggett). This is primarily in the Great Plains Region where irrigation water is pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer. Mining from the aquifer is estimated at 14 million acre feet per year (Frederick and Hanson). The declining groundwater supply increases pumping lift and reduces well yields. Concurrently, there has been a dramatic increase in the cost of energy...

Publisher	Texas Water Resources Institute

Date	2007-11-30T22:34:02Z 2007-11-30T22:34:02Z 1984-06-10

Type	Technical Report

Identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/6199

Language	en_US

Relation	TR-133;