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Main Title Agricultural Water Demand in North Carolina. Phases I and II.
Author Snee, Ronald E. ; Sowel, Robert S. ;
CORP Author North Carolina Water Resources Research Inst., Raleigh.
Year Published 1973
Report Number UNC-WRRI-73-83; DI-14-31-0001-3833; OWRR-A-057-NC; 01112,; A-057-NC(1)
Stock Number PB-225 130
Additional Subjects ( Farm crops ; Water consumption) ; ( Irrigation ; Economic analysis) ; Soil surveys ; North Carolina ; Computer programs ; Rainfall ; Agricultural economics ; Soil chemistry ; Pitt County(North Carolina)
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NTIS  PB-225 130 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A computerized water use model is developed and tested which determines the total water requirements for a given level of agricultural activity. A separable component of the model calculates both the aggregate water demands and the net economic return for alternative irrigation policies and crop-soil combinations. Input data include soils types and characteristics taken from soil surveys; crop acreage, timing, rooting depths, water requirements, and responses (yield) to irrigation; daily rainfall records; selling prices of crops; and irrigation costs. Output includes per acre and aggregate irrigation water requirements for each crop-soil combination for each time period; production levels, value of the production, cost of irrigation, and the net return to irrigation; and output data for alternative irrigation policies.