Record Details
Invest in Farm Water Conservation to Curtail Buy and Dry
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Invest in Farm Water Conservation to Curtail Buy and Dry |
| Creator | Rosenberg, David E. |
| Description | The term buy-and-dry plays to the fears of farm and ranch communities. In Owens Valley, CA in the early 1900s and Palo Verde Irrigation District, CA today, wealthy urban water providers buy up water rights, dry out farms and ranches, export purchased water out of basin to growing cities, or keep water in storage to counter reservoir draw down (James, 2021). As more farmers and ranchers sell their water rights, local businesses—irrigation, farm equipment, seed, and other agricultural... |
| Date | 2022-05-19T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/water_pubs/169 info:doi/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001584 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1172/viewcontent/UWRLcenter2022Rosenberg_InvestFarmWater.pdf |
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| Source | Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Subject | invest water conservation buy and dry irrigation Life Sciences |
