In a new study, scientists begin to map underground channels that are optimal areas for recharging California's groundwater in the Central Valley. Hidden riverbeds may be key to recharghing ...

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In a new study, scientists begin to map underground channels that are optimal areas for recharging California’s groundwater in the Central Valley. Nov. 18, 2022 ...

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Enough water for 11 million households went into California aquifers this year. Why it’s only a ... the state has conducted aerial surveys and used electromagnetic imaging to map recharge zones.

Underground water stores make up 40% of California’s supply for farms, cities and households. State agencies estimate their total capacity at somewhere between 850 million and 1.3 billion acre-feet.

Graham Fogg, a professor emeritus of hydrogeology at the University of California, Davis, first suggested using paleo valleys for managed aquifer recharge nearly 40 years ago.

Over the past two decades, groundwater levels in California have been steadily falling, despite aquifers being periodically recharged naturally by snowmelt and rainfall, according to a 2022 study ...

How California’s farmers can recharge the aquifers they’ve drained Agriculture requires a lot of water. In the drought-stricken Central Valley, researchers have found a win-win for growers.