The ideas in article are so true, and propositions are very helpful to a limited extend which is taylored by precipitation.  I am totally with the author.  Lucky we are in my country that there was a huge visual survey of rock formations followed by exploration drilling, done in 1960-70ies.  And the full detailed summary including water test results are published as a book and free to obtain.  I would add something to the first image from the article, that comes from my personal work and experience (I was looking for water to deliver to my orchard in remote mountains area):  in places like ours with rough landscape and continental climate, there are good opportunities to build a network of dams there where there are karst formation openings in upper grounds, to retain winter water and flood water as infiltration part of the process.  Not much of geology survey was needed in my case, to test if it works, just but two-three years of continuous monitoring of spring and wells water properties.  In my particular case, we are now to build those simple small size dams already.  Another thing we do is as we don't need much water we can pump out of dug wells in winter time, we direct it into the same place during the winter - those upper karst layers.  We do it for 3-rd winter in row - and debit of corresponding well is doubled, praise God, and dynamic levels gap is much shorter.  And the last thing - this can be very simple yet environment-friendly technique, suitable for implementation by small size farms and village communities - a key factor in this so unstable and divided world!

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The ideas in article are so true, and propositions are very helpful to a limited extend which is taylored by precipitation.  I am totally with the author.  Lucky we are in my country that there was a huge visual survey of rock formations followed by exploration drilling, done in 1960-70ies.  And the full detailed summary including water test results are published as a book and free to obtain.  I would add something to the first image from the article, that comes from my personal work and experience (I was looking for water to deliver to my orchard in remote mountains area):  in places like ours with rough landscape and continental climate, there are good opportunities to build a network of dams there where there are karst formation openings in upper grounds, to retain winter water and flood water as infiltration part of the process.  Not much of geology survey was needed in my case, to test if it works, just but two-three years of continuous monitoring of spring and wells water properties.  In my particular case, we are now to build those simple small size dams already.  Another thing we do is as we don't need much water we can pump out of dug wells in winter time, we direct it into the same place during the winter - those upper karst layers.  We do it for 3-rd winter in row - and debit of corresponding well is doubled, praise God, and dynamic levels gap is much shorter.  And the last thing - this can be very simple yet environment-friendly technique, suitable for implementation by small size farms and village communities - a key factor in this so unstable and divided world!