Recharged: Improving Freshwater Supply and Quality

(Visit: www.uctv.tv/) University of Santa Cruz hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher leads a team of researchers looking for better ways to capture runoff and use it to not only increase groundwater quantity, but also quality. They are using the Pajaro Valley on the central California coast, a productive and valuable agriculture area, as their practical laboratory, working with farmers and water managers to recharge groundwater. Recharge net metering is a novel practice of crediting groundwater. Series: "Sustainable California" [Show ID: 33843]

[@Crismans843]

I watch less UCTV then I used to due to the increase in social rhetoric. I took a chance on this video and found it informative. Please produce more like this.

[@jamessang1704]

Cool!! I attend the Salinas Valley Basin ground recharge committee. I want to introduce the idea of building large ponds to collect rain next to the wells and see if the well levels go up. I'll bring up the idea of redwood chips and water metering! Any other ideas about increasing water supply?

[@jamessang5027]

Yep! THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO RECHARGE AQUIFERS. I'm trying to change the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Agency about how to change their projects!

[@michaelkarapetian8502]

Super interesting

[@rafaelnavarro5522]

We need to copy Orange County how they treat their waste water and recharge the aquifers with it. It should be something done in all of California.

[@pyropyro8713]

If you drill a hole in the midle of a river down to the aquafir you could fill up the ground water.

[@philipripper1522]

Rivers already fill aquifers. The problem with rivers is how fast the water moves, vs the absorption rate of the soil underneath them. You'd be amazed how little a few holes would do to change that. That's why you want to slow down the water's speed, by putting them in ponds, for instance, which gives them a chance to percolate into the ground. Drill a hole into a river and you'll end up with a hole filled with sediment and useless in no time.

[@pyropyro8713]

Thanks on your negativity.I will stop making coments about your video??????

[@philipripper1522]

@@pyropyro8713 You're not very observant are you?

[@pyropyro8713]

And you are?