Kyle Taylor... California’s #agriculture sector uses about 40 percent of all the state’s water, or 80 percent of its consumed water. With less water available, agriculture must adjust... #groundwater #aquifers have more storage potential than surface water reservoirs. So, instead of devoting decades to build more dams and reservoirs that are subject to evaporation and overflow, water should be diverted into these depleted aquifers...
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/the-key-to-fix-californias-inadequate-water-storage-put-water-underground-scientists-say/
[2] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310079121
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