Water suppliers may be familiar with small-scale aquifer
storage and recovery projects but typically are unaware of
the potential for using large-scale groundwater storage
projects as an alternative to construction of new surface water
supply reservoirs. Jones examines the demonstrated feasibility of
implementing large-scale groundwater storage projects, and the
infrastructure and institutional arrangements needed for their
implementation.
Large-scale groundwater storage projects have been successfully
implemented in California. Access to preexisting
regional water conveyance infrastructure providing a source of
imported water is a key factor enabling many of these projects.
Among other western states, only Arizona and Nevada now
have projects similar in scope to those in California. However,
state financial assistance provided to local agencies implementing
groundwater storage projects is encouraging development
of new projects. By giving consideration to groundwater
storage alternatives in long-range master planning, utilities
can preserve their ability to implement such projects in the
future. Includes 29 references, tables, figure.
| Edition : | Vol. 95 - No. 2 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 2.5 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 02/01/2003 |
