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Agriculture-To-Instream And Urban Water Transfers In The Central Valley Of California: An Economic Reality Check

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  • Zhang, Bin
  • Hatchett, Steven

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More than two million acre-feet (MAF) of water transfers from agriculture to urban and instream are discussed and debated in California. We use a regional agricultural production and water transfer model to evaluate potential third party impacts of transferring one MAF of water from the Central Valley of California. A range of impacts is estimated under three different scenarios. Our base scenario shows that the adverse economic impacts in the area of origin include a $170 net personal income loss for each acre-foot of water transferred, and 8 job losses for each thousand acre-feet of water transferred.

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  • Zhang, Bin & Hatchett, Steven, 1998. "Agriculture-To-Instream And Urban Water Transfers In The Central Valley Of California: An Economic Reality Check," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20907, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea98:20907
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20907
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