So the first post of 2023 deals with one of my favorite topics: Manage Aquifer Recharge!
The November-December 2022 issue of Water Resources IMPACT features an article on managed aquifer recharge (MAR) by an Oregon State University colleague Salini Sasidharan: 'Managed Aquifer Recharge - Making the Invisible Visible and Beyond'.
Download MAR Water Resources IMPACT November:December 2022: So here's a teaser:
Climate change is primarily a water crisis. Climate change alters weather patterns, leading to extreme weather events, unpredictable water availability, water scarcity, and water contamination. Humans, animals, plants, ecosystems, and other living forms feel its impacts through worsening floods, rising sea levels, shrinking ice fields, wildfires and droughts. As a result millions are impacted daily and are at risk.
When we talk about climate change, we often picture drying lakes and rivers, low water levels in reservoirs, and dried-out agricultural fields and wetlands. However, many water resources are largely hidden from view. For example, groundwater, a crucial freshwater source for humanity, is found underground in aquifers—porous rock or sediment saturated with water. It is underneath our feet and invisible, everywhere and nowhere at once. But this invisible 'resource' can help fight climate change and we cannot afford to wait. As the world spotlights groundwater by 'making the invisible visible, on behalf of the UN, a promising and innovative approach to sustainable groundwater management and resilience—managed aquifer recharge (MAR)—is gaining fame.
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You can find her email address at the end of the full article.
Enjoy!
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