The Levers Lab
Publications
Bradley, F., Schwabe, K, and Levers, L. (2021). Perennial crop dynamics may affect long-run groundwater levels. Land, 10(9), 971. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10090971
Erickson, S., Lhewa, P., Rundquist, K., Schultz, S., Levers, L., & Smanski, M. (2023). Perceptions on the genetic biocontrol of invasive carp. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.27.550879
George, N., Levers, L., Thompson, S., Hollingsworth, J., & Kaffka S. (2017). Modeling identifies optimal fall planting times and irrigation requirements for canola and camelina at locations across California. California Agriculture, 71(4), 214-220. https://doi.org/10.3733/ ca.2017a0019
Hoover, D. L., Abendroth, L. J., Browning, D. M., Saha, A., Snyder, K., Wagle, P., Witthaus, L., Baffaut, C., Biederman, J. A., Bosch, D. D., Bracho, R., Busch, D., Clark, P., Ellsworth, P., Fay, P. A., Flerchinger, G., Kearney, S., Levers, L., Saliendra, N., . . . Scott, R. L. (2023). Indicators of water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems and spatiotemporal scales. Science of The Total Environment, 864, 160992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160992
Lambert, Lixia H., et al. Optimal Cropping Patterns and Intertemporal Groundwater Usage under Extraction Constraints in Oklahoma’s Panhandle.” Agricultural Water Management., 313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109472.
Jennings, C. E., Bilotta, J., Arnold, W., Bohman, B., Bresciani, E., Gassman, P., ... & Yoon, S. (2021). Banking Groundwater-A Study Examining Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Groundwater Sustainability in Minnesota. University of Minnesota and Freshwater.
Levers, L. R., Pradhananga, A. K., & Peterson, J. M. (2021). Willingness to Accept for Perennial Crop Adoption: The Influence of Trust in Environmental and Government Organizations. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(6), 1004-1020. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12972
Levers, L. R., & Pradhananga, A. K. (2021). Recreationist willingness to pay for aquatic invasive species management. PLOS ONE, 16(4), e0246860. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246860
Levers, L. R., & Schwabe, K. A. (2017). Biofuel as an Integrated Farm Drainage Management crop: A bioeconomic analysis. Water Resources Research, 53(4), 2940-2955. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019773
Levers, L., Skaggs, T., & Schwabe, K. (2019). Buying water for the environment: A hydro-economic analysis of Salton Sea inflows. Agricultural Water Management, 213, 554-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.10.041
Levers, L., Story, D. & Schwabe, K. (2020). Boons or Boondoggles: An Assessment of Salton Sea Water Importation Proposals. California Agriculture. 74(2), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2020a0009
Silber-Coats, Noah, et al (2024). The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas: A New Geospatial Library of Solutions to Water Scarcity in the U.S. Southwest. PLOS Water. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000246
Maas, A., Puri, R., & Goemans, C. (2024). A review of residential water conservation policies and attempts to measure their effectiveness. PLOS Water, 3(8), e0000278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000278
Moeltner, K., Puri, R., Johnston, R. J., Besedin, E., Balukas, J. A., & Le, A. (2023). Locally-weighted meta-regression and benefit transfer. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 121, 102871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102871
Puri, R., & Maas, A. (2020). Evaluating the Sensitivity of Residential Water Demand Estimation to Model Specification and Instrument Choices. Water Resources Research, 56(1), e2019WR026156. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026156
Dogan, M. S., White, E., Yao, Y., & Lund, J. R. (2024). Representing Hourly Energy Prices in a Large-Scale Monthly Water System Model. Water, 16(4), 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16040562
Silber-Coats, Noah, et al (2024). The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas: A New Geospatial Library of Solutions to Water Scarcity in the U.S. Southwest. PLOS Water. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000246
Tang, Z., Chi, Z., Jiang, F., Zhao, M., Fu, S., Wei, L., Feng, Q., Wu, Y., & Xu, N. (2025). Mechanisms and Implications of Phosphate Retention in Soils: Insights from Batch Adsorption Experiments and Geochemical Modeling. Water, 17(7), 998. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17070998
Yao, Y., & Lund, J. R. (2024). Combining Crop and Water Decisions to Manage Groundwater Overdraft over Decadal and Longer Timescales. Water, 16(9), 1223. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16091223
Yao, Y., Lund, J. R., & Harter, T. (2022). Conjunctive Water Management for Agriculture With Groundwater Salinity. Water Resources Research, 58(10), e2021WR031058. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031058
Sanchez, L. (2024). Bargaining in the Shadow of Prior Appropriation: Concessions and Trade-Offs in Native American Water Settlement Negotiations. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy: 5(2), 233-257. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/113.00000100
Sanchez, L., Armsworth, P. R., Bruno, J. E., Espinoza, S., Galvin, K., Vijay, V., & Warziniack, T. (2025). Multi-hazard risk in socially vulnerable communities across the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 20(2), 024008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9ec7
Sanchez, L., & Edwards, E. C. (2025). Bargaining for tribal water in California. ARE Update, 28(4), 12–15. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1746023168/21272/
Sanchez, L., Edwards, E. C., Leonard, B. (2020). The economics of indigenous water claim settlements in the American West. Environmental Research Letters, 15(9) 094027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab94ea
Sanchez, L., Leonard, B., & Edwards, E. C. (2023). Paper Water, Wet Water, and the Recognition of Indigenous Property Rights. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. https://doi.org/10.1086/725400
Sanchez, L., Warziniack T., Knowles, M. (2023). The inequitable exposure of socially vulnerable groups to water shortages across the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 18(4), 044022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb06d