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> Now put this fact in the thread's context: water shortage/stress… But doesn't adding a large reservoir mitigate both? You're not pumping the entire reservoir

• notabotiswear 3mo ago
  It depends on the water balance. Reservoirs would help you smooth out variability/seasonality and mitigate infrequent, short term droughts, depending on its size. They would not help with a long term drought or if you are water stressed (i.e. you simply don't have enough to meet demand). Quite the opposite, they may exasperate the issue as they consume (or lose) water themselves.