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Reliable estimates of the demand characteristics of irrigation water are crucial to successful water policy formulation in the West. Although various studies concerning irrigation water demand exist in the literature, most are somewhat limited in...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1979-03-01 |
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Agricultural production and associated economic effects of irrigation on the Texas High Plains are seriously threatened by a rapidly declining groundwater supply and a swift upward trend in energy costs.
To optimize the amount of irrigation water...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1979-03-01 |
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Public concern over the potential effects of energy price increases on the U.S. food and fiber system has been dramatically justified in the Trans Pecos region of Texas where a 450 percent increase in the price of natural gas was followed by the...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1979-03-01 |
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A study of the potential of using rapid response tensiometers to evaluate preplant irrigation was conducted at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock and Halfway, Texas. Sites used for the study were an Olton loam soil at Lubbock and a...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1979-04-01 |
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Public Law 92-500 - the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments - mandates the analysis of agricultural non-point source (NPS) pollution controls. This report presents the results of a study of the economic impact of implementing...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-10-01 |
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The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500, established a national goal of eliminating the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waterways by 1985. As a step toward that goal an interim water quality standard...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-08-01 |
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The development and implementation of agricultural non-point source (NPS) pollution control plans was mandated by the 1972 Federal Pollution Control Act Amendments, Public Law 92-500. The purpose of this particular report is to present the results...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-08-01 |
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Section 208 of the 1972 Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Public Law 92-500) requires the states to develop plans which: (1) contain processes to identify nonpoint sources of pollution, and (2) set forth procedures and methods...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-03-01 |
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In the Upper Galveston Bay region of the Texas coastal zone, water from naturally replenished underground aquifers provides much of the freshwater supply for municipal, industrial and agricultural needs. The availability of these easily accessible...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-05-18 |
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Improved technology is needed for use in properly managing large agricultural watersheds. Proper watershed management means selecting land uses that are appropriate for each subarea, using erosion control measures where necessary, and applying...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-04-01 |
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Southern forests are expected to supply a large portion of the Nation's future timber requirement. Projected demands on southern forests continue to exceed allowable cut. As an outgrowth of this demand, intensive management of pine forests enabled...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-02-01 |
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The High Plains and Trans Pecos regions of Texas are semi-arid crop production regions located in the western part of the state. Relatively low levels of rainfall are supplemented by irrigation from groundwater supplies. These regions produced 51...
2007-12-07
2007-12-07 1978-05-18 |
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Cropping pattern shifts in many aggregate linear programming (LP) models need to be constrained due to institutional, marketing machinery, and price uncertainty factors. The purpose of this study was to estimate constraints which are referred to...
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1977-01-01 |
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The long-observed relationships of an influence of drinking water mineral content on heart-circulatory deaths are developed to indicate that sodium -- when present in sufficiently high concentrations -- may be detrimental to human health. An...
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1977-03-01 |
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Water requirements for the United States will triple by the year 2000 (Water Resources Council, 19689. In Texas and many western states about 75% of the total water used is from ground water and this source in many areas is rapidly being depleted....
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1977-03-01 |
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A readership survey conducted in May 1977 found that readers of Texas Water Resources find it useful, attractive and informative. The bulletin is published by the Texas Water Resources Institute to generate public awareness and understanding of...
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1977-05-01 |
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This research was undertaken to specify and estimate a model relating household demand for urban water to its principal determinants. Four specific tasks were accomplished:
1. An appropriate economic demand model for urban-residential water...
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1978-05-01 |
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Agriculture uses large quantities of energy to pump groundwater for irrigation. This means the cost of energy has important implications for the industry in terms of costs and profitability. Increases in the prices of energy sources such as...
2007-12-10
2007-12-10 1977-09-01 |
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The concentrate from nanofiltration is usually enriched with divalent ions, such as Ca, Mg and SO4. Since divalent ions are less hazardous to soils and plants, it was hypothesized that the disposal of nanofiltration concentrate to irrigation water...
2008-09-23
2008-09-23 2008-08-01 |
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This dissertation reports on economic studies of Texas Interbasin Water Transfers
(IBT) as a way to lessen expected water shortages, Texas minimum freshwater inflows
requirements (FWIB) to protect environmental flows and the general policy setup...
2008-10-10
2008-10-10 2008-05-01 2008-10-10 |
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In September 2006, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) charged a seven-person Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Task Force with:
* examining approaches that...
2009-01-09
2009-01-09 2009-01-01 |
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Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a single-component capital renovation project proposed by Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, (a.k.a. San Juan) to the North American...
2009-01-09
2009-01-09 2003-07-01 |
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Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a single-component capital renovation project proposed by Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, (a.k.a. San Juan) to the North American...
2009-01-09
2009-01-09 2003-07-01 |
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Initial construction costs and net annual changes in operating and maintenance expenses are identified for a five-component capital renovation project proposed by Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2, (a.k.a. San Benito) to the Bureau of...
2009-01-09
2009-01-09 2003-08-01 |
