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, longtime Albuquerque Journal columnist, author and University of New Mexico professor John Fleck told me that in writing stories about water, “If it bleeds, it leads.” Stories about dry taps and footage of murky drinking water are attention-grabbing.
Respected scientists and water management professionals–many of my colleagues–have been raising the alarm about groundwater depletion for years. Yet when it comes to groundwater, the wound is below the surface. It does not garner the same attention as the startling bathtub-ring images of reservoirs. But groundwater is drinking water. It irrigates crops. It powers industries.
But there are also many reasons for optimism. If we rapidly invest in determining how collaboration and adaptation can deliver the most benefit around the Mississippi, we can make progress elsewhere.From the article, “Even in places experiencing more violent rainstorms because of climate change, the heavier rainfall only helps so much. That’s because much of the water from extreme downpours races away quickly to the ocean, before it can sit and soak into the aquifer below.
Ironically, the Yazoo Backwater area, which sits on top of the Embayment aquifer in Mississippi, has flooded numerous times in recent years, affecting farms, families and local economies. In other words, groundwater is being used up when there isn’t enough surface water, and at other times of year, there is far too much surface water.
Establishing an interstate compact to help coordinate conjunctive groundwater and surface water management would be a game changer.rivers–but not for groundwater. Conjunctive management across state lines doesn’t exist because each state typically has a unique combination of surface water and groundwater law and regulation. The two resources are managed differently within most states, and the implications of this division vary.
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