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Irrigation water conservation: opportunities and limitations in Colorado: a report of the Agricultural Water Conservation Task Force

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, D. H., author
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Kathleen, author
dc.contributor.authorBartholomay, Richard, author
dc.contributor.authorBroner, Israel, author
dc.contributor.authorCardon, G. E., author
dc.contributor.authorFrasier, W. M., author
dc.contributor.authorKuharich, Rod, author
dc.contributor.authorLile, D. C., author
dc.contributor.authorGross, Mike, author
dc.contributor.authorParker, Dan, author
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Hal, author
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Eric, author
dc.contributor.authorColorado Water Resources Research Institute, publisher
dc.coverage.spatialColorado
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T04:37:59Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T04:37:59Z
dc.date.issued1996-10
dc.descriptionOctober 1996.
dc.description.abstractThe implications of irrigation water conservation are an important consideration, especially in watershed basins where water is derived from surface diversions or shallow alluvial aquifers. Under these conditions, wide-scale adoption of conservation practices designed to increase diversion efficiencies has the potential of altering basin hydrology by reducing the magnitude of return flows. Conversely, the implications of agricultural water conservation in areas of the eastern plains, where deep aquifers are the source of irrigation water, are largely positive because of the overall effect of prolonging the usable life of the aquifer and, thus, the economic viability of the region. Because of variation in potential impacts of irrigation water conservation, the task force concluded that policy initiatives designed to implement conservation should be based on how water is used at the basin level rather that the individual farm level. Also, impacts of water conservation strategies on interstate compact obligations must be considered.
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dc.identifierCOMP190.pdf
dc.identifierCCRICWRI100010CRPT
dc.identifierCCRICWRI100011AWCCAWSS
dc.identifierCCRICWRI100003AWCCAWIM
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/784
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationWWDL
dc.relation.ispartofCompletion Reports
dc.relation.ispartofCompletion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute), no. 190
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dc.subject.lcshIrrigation efficiency -- Colorado
dc.subject.lcshIrrigation -- Colorado -- Management
dc.subject.lcshWater conservation -- Colorado
dc.titleIrrigation water conservation: opportunities and limitations in Colorado: a report of the Agricultural Water Conservation Task Force
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