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Item Open Access An economic input-output study of the High Plains region of eastern Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1982-02) McKean, John R., 1939-, author; Ericson, Ray K., author; Weber, J. C., author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Drought induced problems and responses of small towns and rural water entities in Colorado: the 1976-1978 drought(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1980-06) Howe, Charles W., author; Alexander, Paul K., author; Goldberg, Jo Anne, author; Sertner, Steven, author; Studer, Hans Peter, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherThe climatological and hydrologic conditions across the State of Colorado during the 1976-1978 drought showed great diversity, adjacent drainage basins often experiencing quite different conditions. This emphasizes the importance of providing climatological information and assistance programs that are tailored to local areas (e.g. the Water Districts in Colorado). Small towns experienced the intensifying of problems that, for the most part, had existed for a long time: lack of adequate raw water; poor system performance and high loss of produced water from lack of maintenance; inadequate financing and the use of water revenues for general purposes; and, at times, inadequate management. The latter is often caused by high turnover as personnel are attracted to the larger towns. Town responses included emergency repairs, drilling wells, buying additional water rights and renting water from farmers, restrictions on water use, installation of meters, and increasing water charges (both price and flat rates). The town experience indicated that many effective counter-drought actions depend upon local knowledge and initiative. State and federal programs cannot substitute for this, so these higher level programs must be designed to stimulate local initiative and not to be "a reward for 50 years of bad management." Rural water entities providing mostly irrigation water experienced problems stemming in part from over-irrigation in the early season, over-expansion of acreage relative to reliable water supply, and inflexible reservoir management. Cooperative sharing of water and water rentals among farmers frequently helped avoid the economic inefficiencies that would occur under strict application of priority rights. This emphasizes the importance of facilitating both the short and long-term transferability of water among uses. Major opportunities exist for conjunctive management of surface and tributary groundwaters. The State priority rights system currently prevents rational conjunctive management.Item Open Access Economic aspects of cost-sharing arrangements for federal irrigation projects: a case study(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1982-12) Keleta, Ghebreyohannes, author; Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-, author; Sparling, Edward W., author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Economic impacts of agriculture-to-urban water transfers: a case study of Crowley County, Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993-11) Taylor, R. Garth, author; Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-, author; McKean, John R., 1939-, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Economic impacts of alternative water allocation institutions in the Colorado River Basin(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1991-08) Booker, James F., author; Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Economic impacts of transferring water from agriculture to alternative uses in Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1983) Young, Robert (Robert A.), 1950-, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Effects of alternative electricity rates and rate structures on electricity and water use on the Colorado High Plains(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1984-10) Gardner, Richard L., author; Young, Robert (Robert A.), 1950-, author; Conklin, Lawrence R., author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Energy and water scarcity and the irrigated agricultural economy of the Colorado High Plains: direct economic and hydrologic impact forecasts (1979-2020)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1982-02) Young, Robert A. (Robert Alton), 1931-, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access Planning water reuse: development of reuse theory and the input-output model. Volume II, Application of the input-output water balance model(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1980-09) Klooz, Darrel, author; Hendricks, David W., author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisherItem Open Access The economic role of water in Colorado: an input-output analysis(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1988-09) Gray, S. Lee (Sanford Lee), author; McKean, John R., 1939-, author; Miller, Thomas A. (Thomas Alan), 1937-, author; Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, publisher