Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to analyze and evaluate the impacts of selected water conservation policy alternatives on the Ogallala Aquifer underlying the Southern High Plains of Texas and Eastern New Mexico for the purposes of identifying which alternative or alternatives most effectively achieve conservation of the aquifer and keep the heavily agriculturally dependent economy viable. The specific objectives were to: 1. Determine the characteristics of water conservation policy alternatives which could extend the economic life of the aquifer, and 2. Evaluate the economic life of the aquifer across the region under different water conservation alternatives for a sixty year planning horizon.
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Abstracts of presentations given on Wednesday, 19 July 2006, in session 21 of the UCOWR Conference.