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Federal Charges for Irrigation Projects Reviewed Do Not Cover Costs
Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2018-08-20
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ISBN : 9781720673378
Federal Charges for Irrigation Projects Reviewed Do Not Cover Costs
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 176 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Irrigation
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 5 pages
File Size : 42,49 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Irrigation
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Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2013-07
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ISBN : 9781289150990
The Water and Power Resources Service (WPRS) is responsible for most Federal irrigation projects and charges beneficiaries for the use of water. GAO reviewed several WPRS projects under construction to determine: (1) what charges will be made for the water; (2) to what extent the charges will cover the costs to the Federal Government for providing the water; and (3) whether farmers could pay more for the water without impairing their operations or seriously damaging their profits. Legislation originally stipulated that the charges for Federal water should return all the costs of building the irrigation projects; however, subsequent laws have not required certain beneficiaries to repay their share in full. WPRS fixes a price for its irrigation water according to the farmer's ability to pay for the water, which is the amount left over from an average farmer's gross income after deducting all production costs. This amount is much less than the Federal Government's cost of producing the water. A GAO economic analysis indicated that charging full cost for the water at a 7.5 percent interest level would be too expensive for farmers to afford Federal water. GAO found that charging a full-cost price without the interest charge, called the interest-subsidy price, would lower the cost of irrigated agriculture and increase yield enough so that farmers could probably increase their net income by buying Federal water.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
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Page : 872 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : V. Kerry Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317388194
This book, first published in 1988, provides an overview of the diverse work that was being done in applied and theoretical environmental and resource economics. Some essays reflect upon the background of the work of John Krutilla, one of the founders of Resources for the Future and a leading scholar of environmental economics, and the development of the field to date. Other essays examine and convey findings on particular resource problems and theoretical issues and resource policies and the practice of applied welfare economics. This title will be of interest to students of economics and environmental studies.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Page : 1360 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Power resources
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Author :
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Page : 972 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Evaluation research (Social action programs)
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Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.
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Page : 972 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1982
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Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.