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Well, probably one of the biggest factors affecting the aquifer recharge rate would be the loss of forests and mangroves.
by harpiaharpyja 9y ago
Well, probably one of the biggest factors affecting the aquifer recharge rate would be the loss of forests and mangroves.
- pkaye 9y agoOr maybe they are just overdrawing it above the recharge rate like it happens in the Central valley in California.
- curun1r 9y agoThe article states that overdrawing is one half of the equation, but excessive paving is the other half which prevents the significant rainfall that the city gets from refilling the water table. California is a much more arid region with dry/wet years. Jakarta is tropical, gets roughly 3x the rainfall as San Francisco and has much more consistent/predictable weather, though with climate change, the storms they're seeing are becoming more intense. I'm not sure you can compare the two because California is legitimately a situation of using more water each year than we get in rainfall. In Jakarta, is likely funneling rainfall into the ocean and then draining the aquifers. And while both situations are cases of taking out more water than is being put in, the root causes are very different.