Table of Contents
Foreword -- Preface -- Thematic Overview of the Conserve-and-Transfer Strategy of Water Management -- Institutional Framework for Agricultural Water Conservation and Reallocation in the West: A Policy Analysis -- Introduction and Context -- Variety, Diversity, and Complexity -- Opportunities for Water Conservation -- Institutional Arrangements by the State, Regional and National Levels -- Conclusions -- Factors Underlying Irrigation Efficiency in the Tulare Basin of California -- Introduction -- Water Use Efficiency in Concept and in Context -- Policies and Programs of State and Federal Agencies -- Perceptions and Practices of Farmers, Water Districts and Technical Advisors -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project: A Study of Legal, Political, and Cultural Conflict -- A Willingness to Play: Analysis of Water Resources Development in Arizona -- Introduction -- Rules of the Game -- Physical Description of the Central Arizona Project -- Political Background of the CAP -- Water Economics on the Farm -- Farmers' Attitudes About the Central Arizona Project: 1979 -- Conclusions -- Water Reallocation, Market Proficiency, and Conflicting Social Values -- Water Reallocation– The Public Environment -- Market Proficiency -- Legal Restrictions on the Sale of Conserved Surplus -- Conflicting Values: Arizona -- Conflicting Values: New Mexico -- Conflicting Values: Colorado -- Conflicting Values: Utah -- Summary and Conclusions -- Market Proficiency Questionnaire