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Effect of changes in crop mix upon consumtive use of irrigation water in the Eastern Snake Plain of Idaho. Technical completion report 2008-001

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Title Effect of changes in crop mix upon consumtive use of irrigation water in the Eastern Snake Plain of Idaho. Technical completion report 2008-001
Creator Contor, B.A.; Pelot, P. L.
Date 2008-01-25
Coverage Eastern Snake Plain; Southern Idaho 42.96, -115.13
Subject Water budgets; Irrigation; Crops; Water management; Evapotranspiration
Description The Idaho Water Resource Board is concerned about potential changes in water use that may have occurred due to changes in crop mix. One option for benefitting the aquifer water budget is to consider policy that would affect crop mix. Data indicate that the effect of cropping changes since 1980 has been an increase in consumptive use of about 120,000 acre feet per year. The possibility of adjusting the aquifer water budget by incentive programs to affect crop mix was tested the potential...
Relation Boise Basin
Publisher Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/754

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