REUSE OF AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATERS: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS1 |
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| Authors: | Keith C Knapp Ariel Dinar |
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| Institution: | 1. Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Rivferside, California 92521.;2. Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, University of California, Rivferside, California 92521. |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The profitability of reusing agricultural drainage water for crop production depends on the salt tolerance of the crop being grown the salt concentration of the drainage water, the cost of obtaining it and price of good water. In the this paper the economics of drainwater resue is examined for six crops in two areas of southern California. The results suggest that drainwater reuse is not profitable for the fruit and vegetable crops considered but is profitable for the field crops considered when the price of good water is relatively high and cost of obtaining the draingage water is low. |
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| Keywords: | irriagation drainage water reuse economics |
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