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The shortage of good fresh water for agriculture has encouraged farmers to use water with differential quality. The usage of low quality water has three levels of consequences: immediate, intermediate and long run effects. The immediate consequences are on yield levels, intermediate impacts are reversible damages to soils, and the long run effects are on water aquifers and considerable damages to soils. Information about the economic value of using low quality water is of interest when the supply of water is limited and should be allocated among many farmers (Yaron and Voet, 1983).
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Sadeh, A. (1996). Optimal usage of saline and non saline irrigation water; A policy tool. In: Doležal, J., Fidler, J. (eds) System Modelling and Optimization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34897-1_30
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