Economic feasibility, cost and issues related to acquiring water right options to secure drought water supplies for Lahontan Valley Wetlands
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued oltre 9 anni ago
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The focus of this study, prepared for The Nature Conservancy, is on the economic feasibility and issues related to implementing water supply option contracts to provide the Lahontan Valley Wetlands with supplemental or temporary water as needed, assuming proposed management strategies and conditions. Specifically, this report: 1 addresses economic, hydrologic and legal issues and information required to analyze and establish water right option contracts; 2 develops estimates of the variables required to evaluate option contract feasibility; 3 conducts an evaluation of the economic feasibility and financial requirements of option contracts under proposed conditions and water delivery strategies; 4 explores the economic benefitscosts of option contracts under alternative management and market condition scenarios; and 5 suggests possible modifications in existing water management proposals and institutions that could reduce program impacts and improve the costeffectiveness of the overall water right acquisition program.