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	Economic Assessment of a Water Demand Management Program in the Wyoming Colorado River Basin
	Publication #: B-1373.1 Date Published: 09/21/2021 Publication Author(s): Kristiana Hansen Roger Coupal Ellen Yeatman Drew Bennett

Description:
The state of Wyoming is evaluating the feasibility of implementing a water “Demand Management” (DM) program. Under a DM program, water users in the Wyoming portion of the Colorado River Basin would be compensated for voluntarily and temporarily reducing consumptive use of water. Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah are also considering a DM program. The saved water would be used to help these states meet their obligations under the Colorado River Compact of 1922. This bulletin reports results from a study estimating the economic impacts on agricultural operations, households, and communities of a potential DM program in Wyoming, if consumptive use reductions only came from the agricultural sector.

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