@article{Ellingson:36280, recid = {36280}, author = {Ellingson, Lindsey and Houk, Eric E. and Schuck, Eric C. and Frasier, W. Marshall}, title = {BENEFITS OF CONTROLLING SALINE WATER IN COLORADO}, address = {2004}, number = {1845-2016-152475}, series = {Selected Paper of the 2004 Annual Meeting, June 30-July 2, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii}, pages = {15}, year = {2004}, abstract = {The Arkansas River in Colorado is confronted with a salinity issue; the majority of this salinity problem is due to agricultural runoff caused by irrigation. Reducing applications of irrigation water through adoption of more technically efficient irrigation systems is one means of improving water quality in the Arkansas River basin. This research uses positive mathematical programming to model the cropping practices of the farms along the Arkansas River. It examines the affect of acreage and profit levels of these farms given the choice of changing their irrigation technologies.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/36280}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.36280}, }