Date of Award:
5-1968
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Applied Economics
Department name when degree awarded
Agricultural Economics
Committee Chair(s)
Darwin B. Nielsen
Committee
Darwin B. Nielsen
Committee
Boyd Wennergren
Committee
B. Delworth Gardner
Abstract
The secondary or external benefits of increasing the availability of water for irrigation and changing the allocation of an existing water supply was analyzed from a theoretical point of view.
"Input-output" models for Cache County, Utah, and for the state of Utah were used to indicate the intersectoral relationship of water used by agriculture and other sectors in each economy.
The indirect value of water used by agriculture in Cache County was estimated. A method that extended the procedure used in this thesis was proposed that could be used to estimate the value of water in ether sectors. A "water matrix" was used to indicate reasons why large allocations of water to agriculture may be economically justified.
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Recommended Citation
Godfrey, Erik Bruce, "The Secondary Benefits of Irrigation Water: An Economic Appraisal" (1968). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2919.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2919
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