. These costs come about through two separate phenomena. As water is withdrawn from the Snake and Columbia Rivers for … irrigation, use of this water for creating hydropower is lost. Also, pumping of water for irrigation requires significant …

Irrigation water cost data and the value of water in production for the four principal crops grown in the Texas High … without corresponding rises in product prices could result in energy, rather than water, being the limiting factor in High …

This article describes the influence of input quality and scarcity, environmental conditions, human capital, water … grown under conditions of restricted water allotments and higher water prices. Management, human capital, and scale of … operation also affect the level and speed of adoption. It is suggested that water prices and quotas can be used to increase …

, including very cheap electricity for pumping water, were favorable for this activity. Thousands of acre of land were irrigated … that required lifting water 400 feet or more. The cost of energy for irrigation pumping has risen as much as 400% in recent …