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How does Phoenix manage to store water?
by sidewndr46 3y ago
How does Phoenix manage to store water?
- e44858 3y agoThey pump water into wells to fill up the aquifer.
- sidewndr46 3y agoBut how do they stop folks with other wells from just pumping it all back out immediately?
- cdchn 3y ago"I drink your milkshake."
- mech422 3y agoSRP does a lot of interesting stuff to store it. PHX gets water from 3 rivers - salt, verde, and Colorado. The Salt and Verde contribute 52%, and the Colorado River 38%. Reclaimed water accounts for 8% of the city's water supply, and groundwater the remaining 2%. (note: the reclaimed water is interesting - Palo Verde nuke plant uses PHX's reclaimed water for cooling the (still?) largest nuclear power plant in the country.) SRP uses large ponds/takes to 'recharge' the aquifers under PHX, as well as maintaining reservoirs.