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Optimal Water Allocation: The North Platte River

G. S. Tolley1; V. S. Hastings2

1 North Carolina State University · 2 JPMorgan Chase & Co (United States)

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1960

Introduction, 279. — I. Determinants of water value in the basin, 280; how to allocate water between power and irrigation, 280; taking account of delivery losses along a canal, 284; effects of water rights, 288. — II. Allocation between major water uses, 289; competition among eight water uses, 289; below Lake McConaughy, 290; above Lake McConaughy, 291; between the two areas, 291. — III. Conclusion, 292; findings for the North Platte River, 292; further applications, 293. — Appendix on canal losses, 294.

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10.2307/1884254
Volume
74 (2)
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279
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