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Volume 27-No. 3 Publication number USPS 564-920, Second Class Postage paid at Lubbc
bbock, Texas 79405
)ck, Texas March, 1981
Water Costs, Lifts, Yields Estimated
Dr. Herbert Grubb, Director of Planning for the Texas Department of Water
Resources, gave preliminary results of the High Plains Ogallala Study which was
authorized by Congress in 1976, at the 14th annual meeting of Water Inc., at
Lubbock in February.
Dr. Grubb reported that the Army Corps of Engineers had provided estimated
cost and yield data on the four potential importation sources and routes to the
High Plains area as shown on the map.
For transfer route A, the Corps has considered a range of 2.1 million to 6.4
million acre feet of water per year. The construction cost plus interest during
construction is estimated to range between $5.9 billion and $13.4 billion. Cost
per acre of water transferred, including amortization, interest, and pumping cost
is estimated to $410 for the 2.1 million acre foot transfer and $360 for the 6.4
million acre foot transfer. A comparison of the estimates for transfer routes
B, C, and D were also given.
COST ESTIMATES FOR WATER IMPORTATION TRANSFER ROUTES
Quantities of Total Costs; Avg. Annual Cost
Water Considered Construction and Amortization Interest,
Route for transfer Interest during Pumping Cost
(million Ac. Ft.) Const. ($ Billions) (S/acre foot)
A 2.1 5.9 410
6.4 13.4 360
B 1.0 9.7 880
6.0 16.1 352
C 2.0 12.8 745
6.8 20.7 482
D 2.4 16.0 785
7.2 20.0 695
The transfer cost estimates do not include costs of moving water from the
terminal storage points and distributing it to the farms.
The lift, length, and number of pumping plants for each route are:
Route Lift (feet) Length (miles) Number Pumping Plants
A 2,450 620 17
B 1,775 360 15
C 2,380 845 46
D 2,740 713 23
Management Now for Water Conservation and Increased ReturnsSUPPLY/DEMAND
water curve
projected to 2030
by the Texas Dept.
of Water Resources
are explained by
Herb Grubb at 14th
annual meeting of
Water, Inc. in
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KThe water resources of the Ogallala
are the lowest cost, most valuable water
resources the region will ever have
available to it. The Corps cost esti-
mates give an indication of the replace-
ment cost of water at the terminal
storage points. This, of course, is not
the total replacement cost of water at
farms, since cost of distribution from
terminal storage has not been included.
When viewed from the replacement
cost vantage point, each farmer of the
High Plains must consider whether or
not his present water marketing, irriga-
tion operation is paying him enough
returns for his water.
There may not be a way to convert
the present Ogallala water into dollar
values as high as those estimated dollar
costs to import replacement water to
the area. The reasons for this include
the fact that land and water are theclaimants of income from irrigation
farming that remains after all other
farm expenses have been paid. The
price of farm commodities, of course,
determines the gross income from
which expenses can be paid. Thus, the
fact is that the short run market for
water is through agricultural commodi-
ties. The value of the present water
supply depends upon farm commodity
prices as determined in national and
world markets, costs of purchased pro-
duction inputs (labor, seed, fertilizer,
insecticides, herbicides, fuel, machin-
ery, insurance, interest, transportation,
and supplies), the weather and the
efficiency of water and other inputs
used in irrigation.
The High Plains farmer has very
little influence on any of these factors
except the management of his opera-
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