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The Regenesis Project: A new approach for irrigated agriculture
Author(s) -
Cech Tom
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0078
Subject(s) - appropriation , doctrine , irrigation , cash crop , agriculture , business , irrigated agriculture , water resource management , natural resource economics , cash , water right , agricultural economics , water resources , economics , environmental science , finance , geography , political science , law , agronomy , philosophy , linguistics , ecology , archaeology , biology
Unused consumptive‐use water can be turned into cash for irrigators while they reduce crop water use, maintain historical return flows, and protect water rights in accordance with the doctrine of prior appropriation.