Systematic review of water-economy modeling applications

M Bekchanov, A Sood, A Pinto… - Journal of Water …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Increasing demand for water coupled with reduced water availability in many regions of the
world is leading to growing water scarcity and calls for implementation of a range of …

Water conservation in irrigation can increase water use

FA Ward, M Pulido-Velazquez - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change, water supply limits, and continued population growth have intensified the
search for measures to conserve water in irrigated agriculture, the world's largest water user …

Tracking the pulse of the Earth's fresh waters

A Ruhi, ML Messager, JD Olden - Nature Sustainability, 2018 - nature.com
Reliable accounting of freshwater resources is key to managing hydrologic risk and
balancing freshwater allocations for ecosystems and society. However, recent claims have …

Economic impact of alternative policy responses to prolonged and severe drought in the Rio Grande Basin

JF Booker, AM Michelsen, FA Ward - Water resources research, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In the Rio Grande Basin, water is overallocated, demands are growing, and river flows and
uses are vulnerable to drought and climate change. Currently, the basin is in the third year of …

Review and reinterpretation of Rio Grande silvery minnow reproductive ecology using egg biology, life history, hydrology, and geomorphology information

C Nicolas Medley, PD Shirey - Ecohydrology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
To inform management actions to recover the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow
(Hybognathus amarus, RGSM), we (1) calculated the terminal settling velocities of newly …

Fish assemblage responses to water withdrawals and water supply reservoirs in piedmont streams

MC Freeman, PA Marcinek - Environmental management, 2006 - Springer
Understanding effects of flow alteration on stream biota is essential to develo**
ecologically sustainable water supply strategies. We evaluated effects of altering flows via …

Integrated hydro-ecological and economic modeling of environmental flows: Macquarie Marshes, Australia

S Akter, RQ Grafton, WS Merritt - Agricultural Water Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This study provides a method to combine hydro-ecological response model outputs and
nonmarket economic values of wetland inundation to estimate a unit price of environmental …

Incentive pricing and cost recovery at the basin scale

FA Ward, M Pulido-Velazquez - Journal of Environmental Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Incentive pricing programs have potential to promote economically efficient water use
patterns and provide a revenue source to compensate for environmental damages …

Relations between hydrological variables and year-class strength of sportfish in eight Florida waterbodies

TF Bonvechio, MS Allen - Hydrobiologia, 2005 - Springer
Hydrological variables have influenced fish recruitment in lakes, reservoirs and rivers. We
evaluated how annual and seasonal hydrological variables were related to year-class …

Economic impacts of federal policy responses to drought in the Rio Grande Basin

FA Ward, BH Hurd, T Rahmani… - Water Resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Significant growth in the Rio Grande Basin's demand for water has stressed the region's
scarce water supply. This paper presents an analysis of the impacts of severe and sustained …