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Also it seems like a lot of agricultural water use doesn’t actually get to the plants. It just goes around the roots and sinks into the ground. Could we grow t
by mrfusion 5y ago
Also it seems like a lot of agricultural water use doesn’t actually get to the plants. It just goes around the roots and sinks into the ground.
Could we grow things like almond trees in large concrete basins and collect any water not used by the roots?
- pstuart 5y agoAt least aggressive drip irrigation should be a default mode.
- beerandt 5y agoGround infiltration is the least bad thing to happen. Keeping the water near the surface just results in more evaporation loss, and side effects for soil quality like concentration of salts. Water infiltrating the ground will keep the soil "primed" for water absorption and storage, and prevent runoff and erosion and flash flooding. (Think about watering a potted plant with completely dried out soil.) Plus it will just go towards recharging the water table.