Enlarge / Heavy rain from a sequence of atmospheric rivers flooded giant components of California from late December 2022 into early January 2023. (credit score: Anadolu Company/Getty Photos)
California has seen a lot rain over the previous few weeks that farm fields are inundated and usually dry creeks and drainage ditches have turn out to be torrents of water racing towards the ocean. But, a lot of the state stays in extreme drought.
All that runoff in the course of a drought begs the query—why can’t extra rainwater be collected and saved for the lengthy, dry spring and summer time when it’s wanted?
As a hydrogeologist on the College of California at Santa Cruz, I’m concerned about what will be achieved to gather runoff from storms like this on a big scale. There are two major sources of large-scale water storage that might assist make a dent within the drought: holding that water behind dams and placing it within the floor.
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