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The Relationship between Priority and Value of Irrigation Water Used with Prior Appropriation Water Rights

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  • Gi-Eu Lee
  • Kimberly Rollins
  • Loretta Singletary

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This article examines the relationship between water right priority and value of use for rights defined by prior appropriation, and tests whether this relationship is different for rights that have been transferred from their original locations to new locations, versus those that have not. We develop an empirical model using data for agricultural irrigation water rights and show that for transferred water rights, more senior (higher-priority) rights are reallocated from lower-to higher-valued agricultural uses. For water rights that remained unchanged, we find that priority order and potential profitability, as indicated by land characteristics, are not well aligned.

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  • Gi-Eu Lee & Kimberly Rollins & Loretta Singletary, 2020. "The Relationship between Priority and Value of Irrigation Water Used with Prior Appropriation Water Rights," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 96(3), pages 384-398.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:96:y:2020:1:3:p:384-398
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.96.3.384
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    1. Jie Zhu & Xiangyang Zhou & Jin Guo, 2023. "Sustainability of Agriculture: A Study of Digital Groundwater Supervision," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Browne, Oliver R. & Ji, Xinde James, 2023. "The Economic Value of Clarifying Property Rights: Evidence from Water in Idaho’s Snake River Basin," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    3. Dietrich Earnhart & Nathan P. Hendricks, 2023. "Adapting to water restrictions: Intensive versus extensive adaptation over time differentiated by water right seniority," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(5), pages 1458-1490, October.
    4. Yan, Dong & Chen, Lin & Sun, Huaiwei & Liao, Weihong & Chen, Haorui & Wei, Guanghui & Zhang, Wenxin & Tuo, Ye, 2022. "Allocation of ecological water rights considering ecological networks in arid watersheds: A framework and case study of Tarim River basin," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 267(C).
    5. Chenjun Zheng & Otto Spijkers, 2021. "Priority of Uses in International Water Law," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-15, February.

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    JEL classification:

    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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