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Relationship of costs and water use efficiency for irrigation projects in Idaho [Updated 2nd ed.]. Research technical completion report, project B-039-IDA Item Info

Seventeen representative irrigation projects located between Payette and St. Anthony, Idaho were selected for study. These cooperating districts obtain their water from the Snake River and its tributaries. They range in size from 2400 to 150,000 acres and employ a wide range of management and water pricing policies, as well as methods of water diversion and distribution. Information on project administration, operation and maintenance costs were gathered for years 1974, 1975, and 1976, and water diversions, deliveries and losses were measured or estimated for the 1977 irrigation season. These data were analyzed using procedures which expressed water costs and water used efficiencies uniformly for all projects studied. Highly significant relationships existed between selected 0 & M cost to water use data and physical characteristics of project systems. Characteristics of conveyance, application and diversion systems varied considerably among projects. Annual project operating costs, including costs for electrical power, ranged from $1.85 to $61.40 per acre and irrigation efficiencies ranged from 12 percent to 59 percent for the 1977 season. Project diversions ranged for 2.6 to 12.6 acre feet per acre.

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Title:
Relationship of costs and water use efficiency for irrigation projects in Idaho [Updated 2nd ed.]. Research technical completion report, project B-039-IDA
Authors:
Allen, R. G.; Brockway, C. E.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1982-09
Description:
Seventeen representative irrigation projects located between Payette and St. Anthony, Idaho were selected for study. These cooperating districts obtain their water from the Snake River and its tributaries. They range in size from 2400 to 150,000 acres and employ a wide range of management and water pricing policies, as well as methods of water diversion and distribution. Information on project administration, operation and maintenance costs were gathered for years 1974, 1975, and 1976, and water diversions, deliveries and losses were measured or estimated for the 1977 irrigation season. These data were analyzed using procedures which expressed water costs and water used efficiencies uniformly for all projects studied. Highly significant relationships existed between selected 0 & M cost to water use data and physical characteristics of project systems. Characteristics of conveyance, application and diversion systems varied considerably among projects. Annual project operating costs, including costs for electrical power, ranged from $1.85 to $61.40 per acre and irrigation efficiencies ranged from 12 percent to 59 percent for the 1977 season. Project diversions ranged for 2.6 to 12.6 acre feet per acre.
Subjects:
irrigation design irrigation practices irrigation efficiency economic efficiency
Location:
Boise Crescent
Collection:
IWRRI
IWRRI number:
197901
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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