Post #3250974
2023-03-06 00:00 UTC
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...draining rain water into #aquifers, but I can't find it anymore for the time being.
However, I found an up-to-date-article here, which focuses more on the #WaterManagement than on the construction aspects:
"Over the past decade, #Dahlke’s experiments with submerging small plots have suggested 👉intentional #flooding can replenish aquifers without damaging either #groundwater quality or crops"👈
It is based on a law enacted in 2014:
"#California adopted a landmark law,...
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@HistoPol@mastodon.social 2023-03-06 00:03
(4/15) ...the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (#SGMA), that promotes the practice. It requires farmers to treat aquifers like bank accounts, clamping down on overdrafts but also allowing those who deposit water into them to make bigger withdrawals later." It is a very interesting proposition and in combination with new (solar panels, where feasible) and re-discovered ( #WaruWaru) farming technologies, more arable land should remain for this century... https://www.science.org/content/article/can-california-s-floods-help-recharge-depleted-groundwater-supplies