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Until you factor in the farms across the state further altering the local water tables by pulling up water by well.

• dogma1138 10y ago
  I didn't factor anything, I'm not a climatologist or a geologist I have basic understanding of how things work. Aquifers get full, ground has a limited amount of water it can hold, if it's dry water is absorbed and it precipitates into the underground reservoirs if it's wet it doesn't. There is also a risk of the ground becoming too dry and erosion and other mechanism basically compact it to the point where aquifers get effectively cut off from precipitation, or aquifers being drained too far and then refilled quickly which in turn increases the salinity of the water they hold to the point in which it's not drinkable. That said even 2 weeks of rain can have a very drastic effect on the water ecosystem in a region.
  • greglindahl 10y ago
    Where in California is any aquifer full? Or any reservoir? I'm having a hard time connecting your comments to the article.
    • digler999 10y ago
      Thats not what he said. He was describing why you aim to drain reservoirs in concert with precipitation, to maximize ground water absorption by prolonging the drainage at a low rate.
      • greglindahl 10y ago
        What connection does that have with California? Here, aquifer water is owned in a wildly different way than flowing water.