Estimating the Value of Water Use Permits: A Hedonic Approach Applied to Farmland in the Southeastern United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Petrie ◽  
L. O. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Value Of Water ◽  
Hedonic Approach

scholarly journals Water Use, Efficiency, and Stomatal Sensitivity in Eastern Cottonwood and Hybrid Poplar Varietals on Contrasting Sites in the Southeastern United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi J. Renninger ◽  
Leah F. Stewart ◽  
Randall J. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Hybrid Poplar ◽  
Eastern Cottonwood ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Stomatal Sensitivity ◽  
Whole Tree

The southeastern United States has wide-scale potential to achieve high productivity from elite eastern cottonwood and hybrid poplar varietals to produce renewable bioenergy and bioproducts. In order to determine how environmental drivers impact water use and growth so that individuals can maintain growth during drought periods, varietals that use water efficiently, and/or tolerate water stress conditions, are needed to make planting recommendations across a variety of sites. Additionally, inoculation with nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacteria may improve water stress tolerance. The goals of this research were (1) to determine water use strategies using measurements of diurnal sapflow and differences in leaf retention for three eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides, ST66, S7C8, and 110412) and three hybrid poplar (two P. deltoides × Populus maximowiczii, 6329 and 8019, and one Populus trichocarpa × P. deltoides, 5077) varietals on contrasting field sites, (2) determine the physiological impact of endophyte inoculation, and (3) determine which physiological parameters were most highly correlated with aboveground biomass. We found that whole-tree water use efficiency (WUE) was similar across varietals at 5.2 g biomass per kg water used and that water use scaled with tree size. We found that water use strategies in terms of scaled stomatal sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit converged across varietals under stressful soil water conditions at both sites, but that varietals 8019 and 110412 tended to exhibit the highest plasticity in stomatal sensitivity exhibiting the largest range in scaled stomatal sensitivity under different soil moisture conditions. Endophyte inoculation increased growth and stomatal sensitivity at the nitrogen-limited site. Leaf area, whole-tree WUE, and plasticity in stomatal sensitivity were correlated with aboveground biomass production across sites and varietals. Overall, these data can be used to model hydrologic impacts of large-scale Populus biofuel production as well as recommend varietals with efficient water use and stomatal sensitivity under a range of soil and atmospheric moisture stress factors.

scholarly journals Evaluation of miscanthus productivity and water use efficiency in southeastern United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
pp. 1125-1134
Author(s):  
Jerome J. Maleski ◽  
David D. Bosch ◽  
Ray G. Anderson ◽  
Alisa W. Coffin ◽  
William F. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals Water Use and Abuse in the United States: Behavioural Patterns Behind Excess Water Consumption and an Argument for an Efficient Demand Side Remedy

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Teresa Dela Cruz ◽  
J. Michael E. Gray
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Excess Water ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Household Water

The last decade saw severe drought in the southeastern United States, which presented questions about the ways in which Americans use water and the best ways for government entities to handle future drought. During and after the droughts, researchers examined existing literature on water overconsumption and conducted new studies to explore water use and related behavior. We review the predominant work on the factors that influence household water consumption, the different methods by which government agencies can combat overconsumption, and argue for the demand-side approach of structured rate increases to limit superfluous use of water.

Plant Growth Nullifies the Effect of Increased Water‐Use Efficiency on Streamflow Under Elevated CO 2 in the Southeastern United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshdeep Singh ◽  
Sanjiv Kumar ◽  
Sathish Akula ◽  
David M. Lawrence ◽  
Danica L. Lombardozzi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Use Efficiency
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