Arundo donax is a large, invasive weed consuming large quantities of water in the riparian area of the Texas Rio Grande … Basin. With water availability a concern to the area, the USDA-ARS is investigating biological control agents to increase … available water, creating a benefit to both the region’s economy and society in general. …

Economic theory suggests that price incentives can be used to encourage water conservation in residential consumers …. Conservation water rates are designed to send price signals that encourage households to reduce discretionary water use in the long … pricing structures (where unit water rate increases with water usage) may be inequitable, in the sense that the “revenue …

water-borne health risks: water-related municipal services, an ex ante preventative measure against water …-borne contamination, and medical treatment, an ex post treatment of the water-borne pollutant’s harmful effects on human health. The … modeled community can allocate resources in either centralized-municipal water-services, point-of-use water-services, or …

(RO) as a source of municipal (or commercial or industrial) water. A cost-minimization model is developed, a production …’s costs and input portfolio from changes in water quality, membrane lifespan, daily operations schedule, and energy prices …. Findings include that lower total facility costs are associated with warm-weather water quality parameters, longer membrane …

The Ogallala Aquifer is the primary source of water for irrigation in the Texas High Plains. Depletion of the aquifer …

Impacts of alternative agricultural water conservation strategies are being evaluated in the Texas Panhandle …

The Texas Panhandle relies largely on the Ogallala Aquifer for access to water for irrigated agricultural production … economically viable source of water for agriculture. The objective of this study is to estimate the value of irrigated agriculture …