Interplay of changing irrigation technologies and water reuse: example from the upper Snake River basin, Idaho, USA

Zuidema, Shan; Grogan, Danielle; Prusevich, Alexander; Lammers, Richard; Gilmore, Sarah; Williams, Paula

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5231-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5231-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5231-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 11

Research article

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10 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 10 Nov 2020

Interplay of changing irrigation technologies and water reuse: example from the upper Snake River basin, Idaho, USA

Shan Zuidema, Danielle Grogan, Alexander Prusevich, Richard Lammers, Sarah Gilmore, and Paula Williams

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RC1: 'Review of manuscript HESS-2020-135', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 May 2020
- AC1: 'Author Comment: Response for RC#1', Shan Zuidema, 09 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of Interplay of changing irrigation technologies and water reuse: Example from the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho, USA', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 May 2020
- AC2: 'Author Comment: Response for RC#2', Shan Zuidema, 09 Jul 2020
RC3: 'Review of hess-2020-135', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 May 2020
- AC3: 'Author Comment: Response for RC#3', Shan Zuidema, 09 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Jul 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Shan Zuidema on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2020) by Nunzio Romano

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Sep 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Sep 2020)

ED: Publish as is (14 Sep 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Shan Zuidema on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2020)

Short summary

In our case study we find that increasing the efficiency of irrigation technology will have unintended consequences like reducing water available for aquifer replenishment or for other irrigators. The amount of water needed to stabilize regional aquifers exceeds the amount that could be saved by improving irrigation efficiency. Since users depend upon local groundwater storage, which is more sensitive to management decisions than river flow, comanagement of surface and groundwater is critical.