October 1, 2007--Experts keen on refilling aquifers (Denver Post)
Artificially refilling aquifers - even with treated wastewater - may be the best answer for the West's strained water supplies, according to water supply experts. Still, hidden and complex subterranean geology makes aquifer storage an inexact science, said water officials at the American Groundwater Water Trust forum here last week. "This is a very difficult challenge," said Harris Sherman, the executive director of the state Department of Natural Resources. "The use of groundwater is interrelated to everything we do in Colorado," Sherman said. Rapidly growing cities throughout the West are looking to groundwater supplies to offset shortfalls in streams, the primary water source for most municipalities. Water levels in major aquifers are falling at alarming levels, water officials say.
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