How California can seize stormwater to combat off the drought

With atmospheric rivers drenching the US west coast, researchers are testing strategies to seize as a lot stormwater as potential to replenish depleted aquifers

By James Dinneen

Swaths of California have seen atmospheric rivers dump heavy rains because the finish of December, with storms forecast to carry 20 trillion gallons extra over the subsequent two weeks. The deluge is an issue – extreme flooding has wreaked havoc on the San Francisco Bay Space and led to at the very least 6 deaths.

However it may additionally provide some respite to a state within the throes of a extreme water disaster pushed by megadrought and overuse. …