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Methodology for analysis of irrigation development that might have occurred without federal expenditure. Project C-6276 Item Info

One of the factors responsible for agricultural high production in the United States is the comprehensive irrigation system that has been developed for which much of the funds have come from federal expenditure. This treatise attempts to analyze, the possible outcomes in the absence of any federal support in this field, by means of a case study of a federally funded (Boise) project and its possible nonfederal alternatives. In this study a useful methodology of simultaneously combining hydrologic and water supply operations analyses with economic analysis of a water development project has been developed in accordance with 'The Principles and Standards' specified by U.S. Water Resources Council concerning evaluation of 'Conditions expected without' the federal expenditure. On the basis of comparison of engineering, economic and financial efficiencies of the historic irrigation development due to the federal Boise Project and four possible non-federal alternatives (with seven different variations of each), it has been demonstrated that the federal project was as good as any other non-federal alternative could possibly have been under the circumstances existing prior and during the period of study. Yet, there was a possibility of improving the economic efficiency up to 70% by delaying the installation of the Project or by using better expansion criteria.

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Title:
Methodology for analysis of irrigation development that might have occurred without federal expenditure. Project C-6276
Authors:
Jawa, Daljit Singh
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1977-01
Description:
One of the factors responsible for agricultural high production in the United States is the comprehensive irrigation system that has been developed for which much of the funds have come from federal expenditure. This treatise attempts to analyze, the possible outcomes in the absence of any federal support in this field, by means of a case study of a federally funded (Boise) project and its possible nonfederal alternatives. In this study a useful methodology of simultaneously combining hydrologic and water supply operations analyses with economic analysis of a water development project has been developed in accordance with 'The Principles and Standards' specified by U.S. Water Resources Council concerning evaluation of 'Conditions expected without' the federal expenditure. On the basis of comparison of engineering, economic and financial efficiencies of the historic irrigation development due to the federal Boise Project and four possible non-federal alternatives (with seven different variations of each), it has been demonstrated that the federal project was as good as any other non-federal alternative could possibly have been under the circumstances existing prior and during the period of study. Yet, there was a possibility of improving the economic efficiency up to 70% by delaying the installation of the Project or by using better expansion criteria.
Subjects:
water supply development water resources planning economic efficiency
Location:
Boise Valley
Latitude:
43.53
Longitude:
-116.34
Collection:
IWRRI
Series:
Water for Idaho
IWRRI number:
197911
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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