RESEARCH RESULTS SINCE 2010, selected (for non-commercial and educational use only. Please ask publisher for use permission)
Groundwater use and Policy Options for Sustainable Management in Southern Iraq
Policy Challenges Facing Agricultural Water Use: An International Look
Hydroeconomic Modeling with Aquifer-River Interactions to Guide Sustainable Basin Management
Mutually Beneficial and Sustainable Management of Ethiopian and Egyptian Dams in the Nile Basin
Cost of Water for Peace and the Environment in Israel: An Integrated Approach
Irrigation Infrastructure and Water Appropriation Rules for Food Security
Adaptive Water Management in Israel: Structure and Policy Options
Water Appropriation Systems for Adapting to Water Shortage in Iraq
Economic Impacts on Irrigated Agriculture of Water Conservation Programs in Drought
Pricing Irrigation Water for Drought Adaptation in Iran
Water, Food, and Energy Security: An Elusive Search for Balance in Central Asia
Mitigating Impacts of Water Supply Shortage on Egyptian Agriculture: A Catchment Scale Analysis
Reducing Conflict in Development and Allocation of Transboundary Waters
Economic Performance of Water Storage Capacity Expansion for Food Security
Water Allocation Rules in Afghanistan for Improved Food Security
Forging Sustainable Transboundary Water Sharing Agreements: Barriers and Opportunities
Economic Costs of Sustaining Water Supplies: Findings from the Rio Grande
Economics of Agricultural Water Conservation: Empirical Analysis and Policy Implications
Incentives to Adopt Irrigation Water Conservation Measures for Wetlands Preservation: An Integrated Basin Scale Analysis
Cost Benefit and Water Resources Policy: A Survey
Gains from Improved Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Egypt
Water Right Prices in the Rio Grande: Analysis and Policy Implications
Improved Water Institutions for Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in Afghanistans Balkh Basin
Gains From Expanded Irrigation Water Trading in Egypt: An Integrated Basin Approach
Financing Irrigation Water Management and Infrastructure: A Review
Efficient Water Conservation in Agriculture for Growing Urban Water Demands in Jordan
Basin Impacts of Irrigation Water Conservation Policy
Integrated Basin Management: Water and Food Policy Options for Turkey
Economics in Integrated Water Management
Water Conservation in Irrigation Can Increase Water Use
Efficient Conservation Measures in Irrigated Agriculture to Sustain Urban and Environmental Water Demands
Incentive Pricing and Cost Recovery at the Basin Scale
Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in a Water Quantity-Quality Optimization Model in the Rio Grande Basin
River Basin Indicators: A Framework for Evaluation in the Rio Grande
Barriers to Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin
Economic Impact of Instream Flow Protection for the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow in the Rio Grande Basin
Decision Support for Water Policy: A Review of Economic Concepts and Tools
Economic Impacts of Federal Policy Responses to Drought in the Rio Grande Basin
Economic Costs and Benefits of Instream Flow Protection for Endangered Species Protection in an International Basin
Integrated Economic, Hydrologic, and Institutional Analysis of Policy Responses to Mitigate Drought
Reducing Institutional Barriers to Water Conservation
Economic Value of Water in Agriculture: Concepts and Policy Applications
Economic Impact of Alternative Policy Responses to Prolonged and Severe Drought in the Rio Grande Basin
DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE
Free demo downloadable version of GAMS software available athttp://www.gams.com/
GAMS Code for models below (all models still under development)
WATER POLICY DECISION MODELS (in EXCEL)
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support October 23 2009 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support October 31 2009 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support November 17 2009 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support April 14 2010 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support April 17 2010 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support September 17 2010 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support December 31 2010 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support January 3 2011 version
Balkh River Canal System, Afghanistan Decision Support January 5 2011 version
Math Documentation of Spreadsheet Model
User Guide for Spreadsheet Model
WATER OPTIMIZATION DECISION MODELS (GAMS code as txt files unless otherwise noted, plus selected results). BASIN SCALE (IWRM) WITH MULTIPLE WATER USES
Rio Grande Model Features Summary (Excel Spreadsheet): posted August 28 2011
Rio Grande Basin Model: supports Nov 2008 PNAS article on ag water conservation
Spreadsheet output in Excel
Mathematical Documentation of Model
Same as above streamlined code: posted June 25 2013
Spreadsheet output in Excel
Rio Grande Basin Model with varying drip irrigation subsidies: posted March 14 2010
Spreadsheet Output (21 meg)
Rio Grande Basin Model with several sustainability conditions for reservoirs and aquifers – Nov 13 2010 version – supports article in May 2012 Wat Res Mgmt
Spreadsheet Output (16.3 meg)
Tables published in article
Stream Aquifer Model Documentation
Rio Grande Basin Model with varying sustainability conditions for reservoirs and aquifers + ag conservation impacts Feb 11 2011 version
Spreadsheet Output
Rio Grande Basin Model – same as above — additions account for long term orchard investments May 13 2011 version
Spreadsheet Output
Powerpoint slides (AWRA – Nov 7 2011 – Albuquerque)
Rio Grande Basin Model – supports talk at UTEP – NSF Conference May 18 2011 – Sustainable Ag Water Conservation
Spreadsheet Output (16.8 meg)
Powerpoint slides (May 18 2011)
Rio Grande Basin Model – supports talk at Stockholm World Water Week August 22 2011 – Hydroeconomic Watershed Policy Analysis
Spreadsheet Output (17.4 meg)
Powerpoint slides (SIWI, August 22, 2011)
Rio Grande Basin Model – Evaluates Contribution to Each Basin State Made of Existing Rio Grande Compact: posted Nov 27 2011 – supports 2013 article on Trans Bnd Rivers – Water Policy
Spreadsheet Output (17.4 meg)
Small Scale Prototype Demo Basin Model: runs under free GAMS (pdf file)
Small Scale Prototype Demo Basin Model: posted November 4 2005
Small Scale Prototype Demo Basin Model with instream flow policy: runs under student GAMS: posted August 28 2011
Spreadsheet Output
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model without crop detail
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model without crop detail
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model with optimized infrastructure (reservoir and irrigation) development pattern – July 2009
Full Scale 2 Basin Model with optimized reservoir and irrigation development pattern – July 2009
Afghan Drought/Food Vulnerability (PMP) – 14 ag nodes, 7 crops, 0 env, 0 urban, 1 pd, 3 hyd scenarios, 1 basin opt policy – Jan 5 2011
Spreadsheet Output
Afghan Drought/Food Vulnerability (PMP) – 14 ag nodes, 7 crops, 0 env, 0 urban, 1 pd, 3 hyd scenarios, several shortage sharing institutions – Dec 1 2010
Spreadsheet Output
Afghan Drought Adaptation (PMP) – wet to dry – water use unconstrained with full water – Balkh Basin, Ag only – 14 canals – June 9 2012
Spreadsheet Output of Above
Basin Scale Prototype (PMP) – 2 ag nodes, 2 crops, 1 env node, 1 reservoir rec node, 2 urban nodes, 5 yrs, 2 seasons per yr, 2 hyd scenarios, 2 policies – Dec 13 2013
Spreadsheet Output
Basin Scale Prototype — same as above earlier version — also optimizes private and social values of water – April 29 2011
Spreadsheet Output
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model with crop detail – September 2011
Spreadsheet Output of above
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model with crop detail – crops only – without reservoirs – February 6 2012
Spreadsheet Output of above
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model with crop detail and optimized reservoir and land capacity – seasonal – Jan 24 2011
Spreadsheet output
Multicrop Land Allocation without Hydrology: Marginal Cost of Crop Output = Price- March 2011
Spreadsheet Output of above
Small Scale Prototype Basin Model with crop and crop technology detail – July 2007
Prototype calibrated (PMP) Basin Model with ag detail – July 2007
Rio Grande Full Scale Basin Model without crop detail – annual (pdf file) – July 2006
Rio Grande Full Scale Basin Model without crop detail – annual – July 2006
Rio Grande Full Scale Basin Model without crop detail – seasonal – July 2006
Rio Grande Full Scale Basin Model with crop detail -annual (pdf file) – July 2006
Rio Grande Full Scale Basin Model with crop detail – annual – July 2006
Nile Basin – Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt Model – supports Journal of Hydrology article – posted September 21 2015
supporting tables as spreadsheet output (10 meg)
pre-publication version of article in JH – Fall 2015
Nile Basin Egypt Model with crop detail for October 2010 EE article – updated Jan 31 2011
supporting tables as spreadsheet output (3.5 meg)
Nile Basin Egypt with Crop Detail – w and w out water trading for Oct 2011 IJWRD article – updated June 15 2011
spreadsheet output supporting tables (1.0 meg)
Nilufer Basin Turkey with crop detail – supports article in June 2009 Ecological Economics – posted Feb 2008
Spreadsheet output
Kabul + Balkh Basins Afghanistan with crop detail multiple seasons and land + reservoir expansions – July 2009
Spreadsheet Output
Evaluates Reservoir Up-Scaling – in variables – (not PMP) OPTIMIZES 1 basin’s water among canals, crops – detailed hydrology – Afghan app – J Hydrol – Jan 2013
Spreadsheet Output
Evaluates Reservoir Up-Scaling – in parameters – (PMP) allocates basin water by storage capacity and water sharing RULE among canals, max cs + ps over crops – Afghan app Nov 28 2014 – JH
Spreadsheet Output (5.0 meg)
Drought Vulnerability Balkh Basin Afghan with crop detail one season no capacity expansions – October 30 2010
Spreadsheet Output
Murray Darling Basin Australia model with pmp crop detail, urban, and environmental values – March 15 2010
Spreadsheet output
Amu Darya Basin Model With Tradeoffs Between Countries, Power, Crops, and Env Protection: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan – posted April 29 2011
Spreadsheet output
basin map (pdf) – May 29 2011
Amu Darya Basin Model With Analysis of Rogun Dam – supports article forthcoming in Water Resources Mgmt – published August 2013 – posted March 2013
Spreadsheet output
Amu Darya Basin Model With Tradeoffs Between Seasons, Countries, Power, Crops: Central Asia – supports article published in Eurasian Geography and Economics – published May 2013 – posted February 2013
Spreadsheet output
Amu Darya Basin Model With Analysis of Pareto Improving Policies for Basin Countries – supports article under review WPOL – posted September 2013
Spreadsheet output
Prototype Murray Basin model with PMP calibration for 3 uses: ag, env, reservoir recreation – March 29 2010
Spreadsheet output of above
Powerpoints: Climate Adaptation and Water Resources: Berlin 2011 Infrastructure Conference – October 8 2011
Tigris – Euphrates Basin (Turkey, Syria, Iraq) with crop detail and hydropower (no pmp in ag) – Jan 20 2013
Spreadsheet output 335k
Basin Map
Tigris – Euphrates Basin (Turkey, Syria, Iraq) with crop detail and hydropower (pmp in ag) – feb_8 2013
Spreadsheet output 335k
Basin Map
Tigris – Euphrates Basin (Iraq only) with crop detail and 3 water rights system (not PMP) EXCLUDING unrestricted water trading – Oct 6 2012
Spreadsheet output (1.6 meg)
Tigris – Euphrates Basin (Iraq only) with crop detail and 4 water rights systems (not PMP-for teaching) INCLUDING detailed ET unrestricted water trading – auto sensitivity analysis – Feb 26 2013
Spreadsheet output (5.0meg)
Tigris – Euphrates Basin (Iraq only) with crop detail and 4 water rights systems (PMP – for research) INCLUDING detailed ET unrestricted water trading – auto sensitivity analysis – June 14 2013
Spreadsheet output (5.0meg) under review at JAWRA
Same as above with a few minor corrections on water use coefficients – Nov 20 2013
Spreadsheet output (5.0meg)
WORKSHOP complete package Farm Management – Iraq – Summer 2013 (pdf)
WORKSHOP SLIDES: Farm Management – Iraq – Summer 2013 (powerpoint)
WORKSHOP SLIDES: Farm Management – Iraq – Summer 2013 (pdf)
TEACHING MODEL 1: Farm Management – Iraq – July 10 2013 – text file
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
listing of results with comments – MS Word
listing of results with comments – pdf
TEACHING MODEL 2: Farm Management – Iraq – July 10 2013 – text file
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
listing results with comments – MS Word
listing of results with comments – pdf
TEACHING MODEL 3: Farm Management – Iraq – July 22 2013
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
listing results – MS Word
listing results – pdf
TEACHING MODEL 4: Farm Management – Iraq – July 22 2013
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
listing results – MS Word
listing results – pdf
TEACHING MODEL 5: Farm Management – Iraq – July 22 2013
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
spreadsheet results
tabled results
TEACHING MODEL 6: Farm Management – Iraq – July 22 2013
Same Model – GAMS code
Same Model – MS Word
Same Model – pdf
spreadsheet results
tabled_results
Hydroeconomic Model IWRM water resource management seminar Valencia Spain May-June 2010
Basin Analysis PMP with 2 ag nodes and 2 crops 2 env uses -June 28, 2010
Basin Water Allocation by Canal and Water Right Priority WITH reservoir storage and WITHOUT Optimization – Oct 6, 2012
Spreadsheet output
Basin Water Allocation by Canal and Water Right Priority WITHOUT reservoir storage and WITHOUT Optimization – Feb 3, 2012
Spreadsheet output
Basin Water Allocation by Canal and Water Right Priority WITHOUT reservoir storage and WITH Optimization – April 17, 2012
Spreadsheet output
Food Security WITH Alternative Water Right Systems WITHOUT PMP optimization – app to Afghan Irrigation – Nov 12, 2012 (supports article in Food Security – Nov 2012)
Spreadsheet output
Food Security Analysis WITHOUT Alternative Water Right Systems and WITH PMP optimization – applied to Afghan Irrigation – Nov 12, 2012 (supports same article – table 6)
Spreadsheet output
Spreadsheet approximate data used for model
Spreadsheet output
Optimized Water Development and Use – Jucar Basin Spain – urban, ag, environmental uses, surface and groundwater – posted June 3 2015
Spreadsheet output – 17 meg – posted June 4 2015
SINGLE WATER USE: CROP IRRIGATION
Afghan National Model: Adaptation to Drought and Climate with Water Trading – posted December 10 2015
Spreadsheet Output (< 1 meg)
Afghan National Model: Adaptation to Drought and Climate with Expanded Storage and Water Trading – posted December 31 2015
Spreadsheet Output (< 1 meg)
Prototype Farm Management (PMP) Model with yields varying by total acreage- applied to River Murray Australia (txt file) – Jan 2010
Spreadsheet Output (< 1 meg)
Lower Rio Grande (PMP) Farm Management Model – multi year, varying water supply scenarios, pumping-aquifer effects, and drip subsidies (txt file) – August 6 2011
Spreadsheet Output ( 8 meg)
Same as above – but has improved pumping – aquifer interaction as well as aquifer storage and recovery activities – Jan 13 2013
Spreadsheet Output – (7.5 meg)
Base Model: Lower Rio Grande (PMP) Farm Mgmt with varying water supply scenarios and drip subsidies – supports article in Int J Wat Res Dev – Dec 2012 – posted Feb 17 2013
Spreadsheet Output
Powerpoint slides – AWRA (NM) Albuquerque April 6, 2012
Math derivation for total irrigation water quantity demanded for one crop as a function of water and crop prices (PMP) – posted Feb 15, 2013
Spreadsheet example of math derivation – posted Feb 17, 2013
Same as base model (PMP) – but crop prices vary in the face of a fixed water supply – posted Feb 17 2013
Spreadsheet Output
Same as base model (PMP) – base or wet scenario – wet scenario reduces water price below observed level – posted May 30, 2012
Spreadsheet Output
(small but mighty – PMP) – 2**n – by crop, irrigation technology, year, water supply, drip subsidy, region – no water allocation rules – Nov 29, 2012
Spreadsheet Output (<1 meg)
Same as above (PMP) – 2×2 – by crop, year, water supply, canal, and basin – no water allocation rules – posted Dec 01, 2012
Spreadsheet Output (<1 meg)
Same as above (PMP) – application to Afghan irrigated ag – in progress posted Dec 03, 2012
Spreadsheet Output (<1 meg)
EBID New Mexico USA policy analysis with minimum acreage constraint on pecan orchards – posted Dec 10 2011
Spreadsheet Output
PMP – Farm Impacts of Altering the Duty of Water Lower Rio Grande New Mexico – posted April 27 2011
Spreadsheet Output (< 2 meg)
Lower Rio Grande (PMP) Farm Management Model with varying water supply scenarios and drip subsidies- gw backstop – posted June 12 2011
Spreadsheet Output
Same as above with varying crop prices, costs, water supplies, and drip subsidies – gw backstop with pump limits and pecan reqts – posted March 17 2013
Spreadsheet Output
Powerpoint slides for talk at K State University (posted October 31, 2012)
Same as above – w normal v drought surface supplies, drip subsidies, pump limits, pecan prodn reqts, salinity yield impacts – posted June 12 2013 – supports article in J Hydrology ag wat con – Nov 2013
Spreadsheet Output (1.1 meg)
Powerpoint slides for talk to NM Geological Society, Socorro (posted April 12, 2013)
Powerpoint slides for briefing to US Senate Staffers, Washington DC (posted June 7, 2013)
Model Math documentation in pdf also wp (posted April 14 2013)
Same as above – with various gw pumping energy price subsidies and alternative groundwater depth levels – posted Sept 13 2013
Spreadsheet Output (1.1 meg) – posted Sept 13 2013
Powerpoint slides for presentation at Colorado Irrigation Conference October 7 2013 – posted Sept 30 2013
Same as above – with multiple time periods added – posted November 12 2013
Spreadsheet Output (1.1 meg) – posted November 12 2013
Monthly irrig wout and with new water and new storage – max yield ET required ea mo for full yield – upper bnd on water use by month wout storage – upper bnd for seas with storage – unbounded land – posted June 7 2014Same as above with lower yielding but water saving crops possible if streamflows are too low in critical months – posted July 31 2014
Spreadsheet Output (<1 meg)
Dynamic groundwater pumping model (pmp) with econ, agronomy, hydrology – 2 crops – 2 irrig tech – 1 aquifer – 2 policies – 2 prices – 2 precips – 100 years – posted Oct 26 2013
Spreadsheet Output (21 meg)
Same as above, WITHOUT FORESIGHT – farm income optimized one year at a time with rotations, 2 policies, 2 water sources, aquifer storage carried over yearly – April 20 2014
Spreadsheet Output (4.6 meg)
Same as above, split by farm size with different farm sizes – Different farm sizes permit different equipment complements – posted Dec 04 2013
Spreadsheet Output (7.4 meg)
Farm Management Model with multi-crop equilibrium, 3 stages of production, and multiple water application rates per acre – Martin Model – (txt file) – posted October 16 2011
Spreadsheet Output
Southern Colorado Irrigated Ag Rio Grande Models GAMS code – posted March 2006
Southern Colorado Irrigated Ag Rio Grande Model Description (pdf file) – posted March 2006
Texas Gulf Coast Irrigation Water Conservation Model (pdf file) – posted March 2008
Texas Gulf Coast Irrigation Water Conservation Model – posted March 2008
Calibrated (PMP) Farm Level Model with theoretically correct water production function and ET (pdf file) – posted July 2009
Simple toy-sized Farm Scale Model (pmp) – posted November 2009
Math Documentation for Simple Farm Scale Model (pdf file) – posted November 2009
SINGLE USE: URBAN WATER SUPPLY
Classic urban water utility model – posted December 12 2013
INTEGRATED CARBON-CROP-WATERCLIMATE POLICY MODELS
Water allocation and use with climate adaptation and mitigation – posted March 4 2012
MODFLOW-BASED GROUNDWATER PUMPING/SURFACE WATER APPLICATION FULLY INTEGRATED WITH ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS
Economic benefits optimization model over time with MODFLOW-Darcy groundwater flow (2D) equations as foundation – without surface diversions optimized (posted July 20, 2014)
Spreadsheet Output
Math documentation of MODFLOW 2005 by USGS
Economic benefits optimization over time-space with MODFLOW – Darcy groundwater flow (2D) eqs embedded – with aq pumping + surface diversions optimized (posted April 13, 2015)
Spreadsheet Output (1.2 meg)
Spreadsheet Model Mathematical Documentation (posted April 13, 2015)
RIO GRANDE PROJECT OPERATING AGREEMENT – SELECTED MATERIALS
Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement – allocates project water – in GAMS – signed March 2008 – posted Oct 21 2012
Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement – allocates project water – in excel – signed March 2008 – posted Oct 21 2012
Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement – text – in wordperfect – signed March 2008 – posted Oct 21 2012
Rio Grande Project Operating Agreement – text – pdf of original – signed March 2008 – posted Oct 21 2012
MULTISECTOR WATER MODELS
Two Sector neoclassical with substitution WITHOUT intermediate goods, WITHOUT imports, WITH primary resource constraints – posted Dec 29 2012
Spreadsheet Output
Two Sector neoclassical with substitution, WITH and WITHOUT intermediate goods, WITH imports, WITH primary resource constraints WITH and WITHOUT climate – posted March 16 2014
Spreadsheet Output Two Sector simple neoclassical with 2 outputs and 2 inputs constant prices with land and water constraints – posted Jan 16 2015
Spreadsheet Output
Two Sector simple neoclassical with 2 outputs 2 inputs and variable prices + consumer surplus with land and water constraints – posted May 20 2015
Spreadsheet Output
WATER INSTITUTIONS OPTIMIZATION
Simple water rights adjudication – January 1 2011
Simple model integrating private and social values of water – May 1 2011
Spreadsheet Output
TRADE MODELS
Simple Trade (import/export) model – May 16 2015
GAMS CODE TEMPLATES
Transport Model solves scenarios and policies inside loops
Spreadsheet Output
Creative handling of sets, subsets, and equations
Selected Photos and Charts RIO GRANDE BASIN MAPS
Basin Flow Chart (by Brian Hurd – 2007)
Basin Flow Chart (by Hilary Brinegar – 2007)
Basin Sankey Diagram (August 2011)
WATER PHOTOS
Rio Grande Headwaters, Colorado
Rio Grande Headwaters, Colorado
Rio Grande Near Alamosa, Colorado
Fishing the Rio Grande, NM
Rio Grande Upstream of Cochiti Reservoir, NM
Rio Grande at Confluence of Jemez River, NM
Rio Grande in Drought, NM
Rio Grande in Fall, NM
Rio Grande at Taos, NM
Rio Grande Gorge near Taos, NM
Rio Grande at Big Bend, TX
Dry Rio Grande at Big Bend, TX
Rio Grande in Spring, NM
Citadel in Erbil Iraq – photo taken by NMSU water researcher – August 2013
NMSU Water Researcher with wife near Dead Sea – January 2012
Hungry Bengal Tiger
NMSU Water Researcher in Stockholm Sweden – August 2011
NMSU Water Researcher in Berlin – October 2011
NMSU Water Researcher with son in Las Cruces NM – January 2011
Barbeque in Saudi Sandstorm – May 2015
Selected Data
Poster Abstracts
GAMS Models in GAMS