Climate change, uncertain future water supplies, growing population, and increased water demands continue to raise the importance of finding cost-effective water conservation measures. Irrigated agriculture is the world's largest water user, so governments, donor organizations, water suppliers,...

The need for regional economic models for benefit-cost evaluation of non-federally financed water plans is discussed. Input-output, econometric, and widely used programming methods all have shortcomings. A conceptual framework is proposed to measure Regional Economic Development (RED) benefits...