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Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by harpiaharpyja on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @07:58PM (#26963697)
The #1 factor impacting groundwater production is land use.

Yes, blame climate change, but it's going to become increasingly important to ensure that land is used in a way that generates lots of high quality groundwater (forests) and avoid land use that diverts water to overland flow (agriculture and urban land use).

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Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by goda90 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:19PM (#26963847)
Healthy soil is important too! A thick layer of living soil will absorb a lot more rainfall than dust and sand. If farmers were to practice things like no till and cover crops, they'd find they have to do a lot less irrigating after it rains
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Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by ed25519FUUU on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:32PM (#26963936)
Cover crop is an extremely common practice among farmers. No-till not as much.
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