If informed and rational judgments are to be made concerning
proposed large scale interbasin water diversions, it is imperative
that competent positive analysis be undertaken by scientists of relevant
disciplines. It is the primary purpose of this thesis to pull together
into a single interrelated package, the economic theory needed...
The social and economic objectives of society in the United
States are many and varied. All objectives, in turn, cannot be
achieved simultaneously because of a finite resource base. The problem
of finding an optimum, in some sense, level of achievement for
the various objectives is complicated by lack of...
The Petchburi Irrigation Project was built in the southern part of
the Central Plain of Thailand in 1942. The purpose of the project was
to divert water from the Petchburi River to irrigate the principal part
of the Petchburi Plain where lands were used for rice and upland crop
production....
Alternative Economic Evaluation Procedures and Water Development Projects. The Multiple Objective Problem The relationship among varying social objectives is of paramount importance with regard to evaluation and cost allocation processes in water resource use, development, and management projects. This study examines the philosophical and ethical base underlying proposed procedures for...
The purpose of this report is to set forth in a condensed form the major items considered by the State Water Resources Board in its formulation of an integrated, coordinated program of use and control of the water resources of the Mid-Coast Basin in Oregon.
Storage of water for water quality control is one of the alternative
means of achieving water quality objectives. Authorities in
the field of water quality management disagree regarding the use of
precious water for the dilution of wastes.
The costs of achieving water quality objectives by treatment
of wastes at...
In the past decade considerable research in several disciplines has
been oriented toward the design of optimal capacity expansion plans for
water resource systems. The emphasis of most of these efforts has been
directed toward minimization total cost outlays in project planning.
This focus somewhat limits the full applicability of...
The work upon which this report is based was supported by funds provided by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research, as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964.