With growing drought concerns and limited water resources, three Arizona universities working to capture more water for Arizona. The project aims to get a better sense of how much water is in Arizona’s groundwater basins — and figure out how to get more water into aquifers, rather than being lost to evaporation due to high temperatures.
The Arizona Tri-University Recharge and Water Reliability Project found that more than 95% of the precipitation that falls around the state is lost to evapotranspiration. Their goal is to figure out how to capture water that’s currently being lost and keep it underground for future use.
Dr. Giuseppe Mascaro, the principal investigator for this plan through ASU’s Water Institute and Global Futures Laboratory, joined “Arizona Horizon” to share details about the plan and what it could mean for the future of water conservation in Arizona.
