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DOI: | 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1980.tb02443.x |
Web URL(s): | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1980.tb02443.x/pdf Last checked: 09/27/2013 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Anderson, Raymond L.;
Miller, Thomas A.;
Washburn, Monty C. |
Author Affiliation: | Anderson and Miller: Agricultural Economist, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Economics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Washburn: Former Research Associate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Title: | Water savings from lawn watering restrictions during a drought year, Fort Collins, Colorado |
Source: | Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16, No. 4, August 1980, p. 642-645. |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Publishing Information: | Edina, MN: American Water Resources Association. |
Related Web URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1980.tb02443.x/abstract Last checked: 09/27/2013 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Drought; Evapotranspiration rate; Lawn turf; Legislation; Water rationing; Water conservation
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Abstract/Contents: | "During the drought year of 1977, unusually low river flows during the summer caused the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to institute lawn watering restrictions for six weeks as a conservation measure. Water use during the restriction period decreased 41 percent below the previous year. The effectiveness of the restictions, however, has been unclear because abnormally wet weather also appeared to reduce evapotranspiration rates during the period the restrictions were in effect. The statistical analysis indicates that the reduction in water use due to lawn watering restrictions was 603 acre-feet and that abnormal weather reduced use by an additional 659 acre-feet during the same period. During a period of normal evapotranspiration rates, such restrictions would be expected to reduce Fort Collins municipal water usage by 19.7 percent." |
Language: | English |
References: | 2 |
Note: | Equations Graphs Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Anderson, R. L., T. A. Miller, and M. C. Washburn. 1980. Water savings from lawn watering restrictions during a drought year, Fort Collins, Colorado. Water Resour. Bull. 16(4):p. 642-645. |
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