7020

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7020
• Author: Oamek, G. and S. R. Johnson.
• Title: Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Large Scale Water Transfer in the Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: n.d.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: YES

Table 1. Results of reducing Upper Colorado Basin agricultural water use by
400.000 acre-feet. assuming the possibility of land conversion to dryland
production
Producing area:
TotaUoverall
82 83 84 weighted average
Reduction in consumptive water
use from baseline level (1.000 AF): 153 208 47 408
Percentage reduction in
consumptive water use: (15) (36) (16) (22)
Percentage change in land use:
Corn grain 5 (8) 1
(2)
Corn silage 3 (38) (3) (19)
All wheat 5 (13) 1 (5)
Barley 6 (3) 1 1
Legume hay 1 (18) (4) (9)
Nonlegume hay 0 31 3 16
Percentage change in production:
Corn grain 5 (8) (2) (2)
Corn silage 3 (38) (3) (19)
All wheat 16 (18) 4
(3)
Barley 9
(3)
1
2
Legume hay 1 (3) (5) (2)
Nonlegume hay (a) (38) (31) (25)
Other percentage changes:
Soil erosion (water) (20) 13 (1) (1)
Soil.erosion (wind) 7 4 (6) 5
Machinery expenditures 1 (12) (1)
Pesticide expenditures
2
(ts)
22
M
Fertilizer expenditures 2 (17) 2 (8)
Labor usage 1 (8) (1) (4)
Reduction In regional
net farm income (=1,000): (489.49) (101.39) (27.55) (618.43)