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Mar 1979
Western Economic Development and Water Planning: Bureau of Reclamation
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: John E. Keith, Keith Wilde, Jay C. Andersen, and Allen LeBaronAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 105, Issue 1
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This paper reviews the early and recent history of the relations between water planning and economic development in the West and Bureau of Reclamation activities. The objectives of Bureau development projects have shifted from the agrarian egalitarian goals of the past to provision of municipal and industrial water and power and recreation and othe benefits as the relative benefits to agriculture have declined. The economic efficiency requirements, the environmental movement, and the concommittent comprehensive planning requirements imposed on Federal projects have resulted in the challenge to development which the Bureau currently faces. Bureau supporters come primarily from states that wish to confirm water rights and receive agricultural subsidies in the form of cheap water. The development of vast energy resources and population growth may, however, provide new bases for a resurgence of the engineering solutions of the bureau to water scarcity and allocation problems in the West.
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Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 105 • Issue 1 • March 1979
Pages: 161 - 170
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© 1979 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1979
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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John E. Keith
Asst. Prof. of Economics, Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
Keith Wilde
Economist, Marketing and Trade Div., Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Jay C. Andersen
Prof. and Head of Economics Dept., Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
Allen LeBaron
Prof. of Economics, Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
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