Words_Are_Hrad t1_j5t5q7b wrote on January 25, 2023 at 11:38 AM

Reply to comment by moldyfishfinger in The Key to California’s Survival Is Hidden Underground The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier. by Sariel007

Water infiltration is the process of the ground absorbing water and it flowing down into the water table underground. You have to prove that your site can't reasonably absorb the water before you are allowed to divert it elsewhere.