Winter flooding of farmland to replenish groundwater

A multi-year experiment in California is testing the idea of flooding fields and orchards with excess river water during the winter as a way to replenish underground aquifers, says Western Farm Press. Some 3.6 million acres of farmland across the state were identified in a separate study as potential percolation basins for recharging aquifers. Winter-time… » Read More

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