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Economic Aspects of Ground Water Resources and Replacement Flows in Semiarid Agricultural Areas
Author(s) -
Gisser Micha,
Mercado Abraham
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1239126
Subject(s) - overdraft , aquifer , water table , agriculture , water resource management , water resources , groundwater , environmental science , profitability index , farm water , hydrology (agriculture) , water conservation , business , geography , geology , ecology , biology , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , finance
This article integrates an agricultural demand function for water with a hydrologic model of an aquifer in a semiarid region. The model can aid policy‐makers with problems from overdraft leading to a falling water table and with examination of the profitability of importing water from surplus areas and artificially recharging the aquifer.