Estimating the Economic Value of Water for Agriculture and Other Industries in Tennessee

Estimating the Economic Value of Water for Agriculture and Other Industries in Tennessee
Author: Stephanie Michaela Owen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2016
Genre: Water
ISBN:

Tennessee's currently abundant water resources could eventually become stressed as population continues to rise, climate change impacts water resources, and as agricultural producers continue to increase irrigation. These stresses could impact the productivity of the agricultural sectors and other economic sectors as competition for limited water resources increases. Farmers, policymakers, and researchers alike could benefit from quantifying the economic value of water to help formulate cost-effective and sustainable water use practices. This analysis establishes the water withdrawals (also referred to as "water use") per dollar of output for competing economic sectors and uses those values in an Input-Output Linear Programming (IOLP) model to maximize gross regional product to the Tennessee economy. Shadow values are also determined for each industry using the IOLP model. The accounting matrix of economic activity is from the Impact Analysis for Planning model (IMPLAN), and total water withdrawals and water withdrawal coefficients were found using a combination of data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and IMPLAN. The results of this model indicate that water use in the agricultural and governmental sectors have relatively low economic values while water use in the real estate, forestry inputs, and insurance sectors have high economic values. These results are observed with both the water use coefficients in Chapter 1 and the marginal contributions to gross regional product in Chapter 2.

Determining the Economic Value of Water

Determining the Economic Value of Water
Author: Robert A. Young
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2014-07-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135040524

Water provides benefits as a commodity for agriculture, industry, and households, and as a public good such as fisheries habitat, water quality and recreational use. To aid in cost-benefit analysis under conditions where market determined price signals are usually unavailable, economists have developed a range of alternative valuation methods for measuring economic benefits. This volume provides the most comprehensive exposition to-date of the application of economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies. It provides a conceptual framework for valuation of both commodity and public good uses of water, addressing non-market valuation techniques appropriate to measuring public benefits - including water quality improvement, recreation, and fish habitat enhancement. The book describes the various measurement methods, illustrates how they are applied in practice, and discusses their strengths, limitations, and appropriate roles. In this second edition, all chapters have been thoroughly updated, and in particular the coverage of water markets and valuation of ecosystem services from water has been expanded. Robert Young, author of the 2005 edition, has been joined for this new edition by John Loomis, who brings additional expertise on ecosystem services and the environmental economics of water for recreational and other public good uses of water.

The Economic Value of Water

The Economic Value of Water
Author: Diana C. Gibbons
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135887187

Gibbons examines the water supply problem through five case studies. The problems faced by these regions and the methods suggested to overcome them provide excellent models for the entire United States. The case studies---typically, expanding supplies---but economic efficiency principles lead to emphasizing managing the demand. In many cases, this means reducing demand by raising prices.

Estimating Water Footprint and Water Economic Values in the Southeastern U.S.

Estimating Water Footprint and Water Economic Values in the Southeastern U.S.
Author: Di Sheng (Agricultural economist)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2017
Genre: Water
ISBN:

Population growth and climate change have brought water disputes to the southeastern United States. To achieve sustainable water use of the region's water resources and to alleviate future water stress, it is important to determine 1) current water quantity used to support regional economic activities, and 2) the economic value of water in the southeastern U.S. This thesis has three objectives: 1) build a Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) model to describe multiregional transactions for the following analyses; 2) conduct a water footprint analysis to evaluate how much water use is required for meeting changes in final demand of specific region and economic sectors; 3) set up an MRIO Linear Programming (MRIO-LP) to determine water use demand curves for the southeastern U.S. The water footprint analysis indicates that water requirements embedded in the production of a good varies across study region. The MRIO-LP analysis reveals that economic transactions between regions have a significant impact on the water used to meet regional economic demand. The shadow value of water is higher when multi-regional transactions are introduced into the LP model. In general, the southeastern U.S. economy is less likely to experience water stress until the water availability decrease to 60% of the 2010 USGS level of 82,825,409 acre feet. At this level, the aggregated industry price for water in the southeastern U.S. ranges between 4,041 $/ac.ft. to 5,614 $/ac.ft., depending on assumptions pertaining to inter-regional transactions.

Economics for Environmental Professionals

Economics for Environmental Professionals
Author: Frank R. Spellman
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2015-04-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1482258013

Environmental professionals are often called upon to find solutions to environmental degradation problems or to lead the way in planning to prevent them. Because they come mainly from the environmental and science disciplines, most environmental professionals have limited training in the fundamentals of economics. This book is designed to provide t