Research Article
Oct 1981
Local Irrigation Agencies
Authors: Richard L. Revesz and David H. MarksAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 107, Issue 2
Abstract
Local irrigation agencies are not centralized institutions with complete power over all surface and groundwater decisions in their basins. Instead, the three major types of irrigation agencies (public irrigation districts, mutual water companies and commercial water companies) have different and relatively limited power. Most importantly, with certain exceptions, they cannot directly control excessive groundwater withdrawals and have to resort to indirect methods to achieve this goal. Thus, the phrase Conjunctive management of surface and groundwater is very misleading. Conjunctive use models should only include in their proposed objective functions those decision variables controlled by the particular agency under study.
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Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 107 • Issue 2 • October 1981
Pages: 329 - 338
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© 1981 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 1981
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Richard L. Revesz
Former Grad. Research Asst., Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Department of Civ. Engrg., Cambridge, Mass. 02139
David H. Marks
Prof. of Civ. Engrg. and Assoc. Dir., Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Room 48-305, Cambridge, Mass. 02139
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