Recharged: Improving Freshwater Supply and Quality (VIDEO)

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Recharged: Improving Freshwater Supply and Quality (VIDEO)

Study shows how collecting storm-water runoff to replenish depleted groundwater supplies can be coupled with a simple strategy to reduce nitrate contaminants

University of Santa Cruz hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher leads a team of researchers looking for better ways to capture runoff and use it to not only increase groundwater quantity, but also quality.

They are using the Pajaro Valley on the central California coast, a productive and valuable agriculture area, as their practical laboratory, working with farmers and water managers to recharge groundwater. Recharge net metering is a novel practice of crediting groundwater. Series: "Sustainable California" [Show ID: 33843]

Source: UCTV

Find out more - Read an article titled 'Groundwater recharge project informs statewide sustainability efforts' on UC Santa Cruz

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