IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF CONVERSION FROM FURROW TO DRIP IRRIGATION1 |
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| Authors: | Hiroshi Yamauchi |
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| Institution: | 1. Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics;2. and Researcher, Water Resources Research Center;3. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822. |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A model is developed to analyze the groundwater conservation and depletion effects of converting sugarcane irrigation from the furrow to the drip method. The results do not support the commonly held notion that more efficient use of irrigation water will release scarce water supplies for metropolitan growth. |
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| Keywords: | irrigation drip furrow conservation groundwater sugarcane Hawaii |
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