Economic impacts of a rural-to-urban water transfer: a case study of Crowley County, Colorado Taylor, R. Garth ; Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931- ; McKean, John R., 1939- Water transfer -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- Crowley County -- Computer simulation Water rights -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- Crowley County -- Computer simulation "November, 1993" "Completion Report No. 171" "Grant No. 14-08-0001-GI551, Project 06" "... were financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute ..." 64 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51) Urban water supply agencies seeking to meet growing municipal water demands in the arid southwest are finding that the purchase of water from existing agricultural uses is, from their perspective, often more cost-effective than construction of additional storage. Colorado municipalities have been among the most active purchasers of irrigation water rights. Agriculture-to-urban water transfers have economic impacts at the local, regional and state levels. Although the transfers represent "willing buyer-willing seller" exchanges, and represent a gain for both parties to the transactions, concerns have been voiced over whether the economic values of the transacting entities fully take into account the values to the region and the state. Starting in the 1970s, water for urban use has been purchased in Crowley County, a small rural county in southeastern Colorado. Crowley County lands are irrigated from the Lower Arkansas River via the Colorado Canal. Some 85% of the water rights formerly serving 47,000 irrigated acres in Crowley County have been purchased by municipalities. This study had two main purposes. The first was to employ a nonmarket valuation technique to estimate the foregone direct economic benefits (opportunity costs) of irrigation water used in Crowley County. The second purpose was to estimate regional (direct plus secondary) employment impacts of the reduced irrigated agriculture. Colorado State University. Libraries Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Geological Survey (U.S.) 1993 text ; image application/pdf COMP171.pdf CCRICWRI100025CRPT eng Completion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 171 Crowley County (Colo.) c1993 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Economic impacts of a rural-to-urban water transfer: a case study of Crowley County, Colorado
Taylor, R. Garth ; Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931- ; McKean, John R., 1939-
Water transfer -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- Crowley County -- Computer simulation
Water rights -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- Crowley County -- Computer simulation
"November, 1993"
"Completion Report No. 171"
"Grant No. 14-08-0001-GI551, Project 06"
"... were financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute ..."
64 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51)
Urban water supply agencies seeking to meet growing municipal water demands in the arid southwest are finding that the purchase of water from existing agricultural uses is, from their perspective, often more cost-effective than construction of additional storage. Colorado municipalities have been among the most active purchasers of irrigation water rights. Agriculture-to-urban water transfers have economic impacts at the local, regional and state levels. Although the transfers represent "willing buyer-willing seller" exchanges, and represent a gain for both parties to the transactions, concerns have been voiced over whether the economic values of the transacting entities fully take into account the values to the region and the state. Starting in the 1970s, water for urban use has been purchased in Crowley County, a small rural county in southeastern Colorado. Crowley County lands are irrigated from the Lower Arkansas River via the Colorado Canal. Some 85% of the water rights formerly serving 47,000 irrigated acres in Crowley County have been purchased by municipalities. This study had two main purposes. The first was to employ a nonmarket valuation technique to estimate the foregone direct economic benefits (opportunity costs) of irrigation water used in Crowley County. The second purpose was to estimate regional (direct plus secondary) employment impacts of the reduced irrigated agriculture.
Colorado State University. Libraries
Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Geological Survey (U.S.)
1993
text ; image
application/pdf
COMP171.pdf
CCRICWRI100025CRPT
eng
Completion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 171
Crowley County (Colo.)
c1993 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute