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Estimating the value of irrigation water transferred to instream flow : A case study of Umatilla County, Oregon

Creator:

Ugrinska, Monika P.

Abstract:

Agricultural water supplies are becoming increasingly uncertain in the western United States due to elevated demands from competing water users, environmental restrictions on surface water withdrawals as a result of the establishment of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, and potential climatic changes. Since many rural communities in the West...

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Masters Thesis

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acre-foot. Turner (1995) reports water values for two irrigation districts in Oregon: North Unit
The willingness of Central Oregon irrigators to donate water rights to augment Deschutes River flow

Creator:

Barkley, David, 1972-

Abstract:

This study used contingent valuation techniques to estimate the willingness of central Oregon Irrigators to donate a portion of their water rights to increase Deschutes River flow. This study was different from previous contingent valuation studies in that it used water rights as the payment vehicles instead of dollars -...

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Masters Thesis

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was studied by Turner (1995). Her study estimated the cost of leasing water and the cost of water