DRAINING reservoirs may not sound like the best solution to water shortages, but in parts of the US it may be the only answer.
Overuse of underground water in states such as Kansas and New Mexico is causing aquifers to empty at alarming rates. Similar overuse of reservoirs combined with the earlier springtime melting of snow packs, caused by global warming, is shrinking them too. So how best to make use of the dwindling supplies?
Refilling the aquifers may provide a solution by avoiding the evaporation that takes place from reservoirs, according to Tom Brikowski of the University of Texas…
