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Expected Economic Benefits of the El Morillo Drain

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Title Expected Economic Benefits of the El Morillo Drain
Creator Lacewell, Ronald D. Rister, M. Edward Sturdivant, Allen W. DuBois, Megan Rogers, Callie Seawright, Emily
Description The study of the benefits (damages averted) attributable to the El Morillo Drain encompasses U.S. municipalities, industry, and agriculture. It is conservatively estimated that the annual direct benefits to residents of South Texas ranges between $16.3 and $30.3 million. This does not include effects on landscapes, industry that is dependant on low saline water, and water treatment plants. Accounting for the costs to agriculture from crop losses of about $26.7 million, the total annual impact...
Date 2007-11-14T20:37:01Z 2007-11-14T20:37:01Z 2007-01-02
Type Technical Report
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/6072
Language en_US
Relation TR-299;
Publisher Texas Water Resources Institute

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