Optimizing Groundwater Recharge

To date, we developed a computational tool, called AquaCharge, that facilitates planning augmented spreading basin systems by optimizing technical designs. To demonstrate AquaCharge’s use, we applied it to a case study of Los Angeles (LA).5 Both academia and industry have positively received AquaCharge and our case study. We propose to address three major impediments to wider adoption of our work. Impediment 1: Stakeholders seek demonstrations of how augmented spreading basin systems apply to different settings. Impediment 2: Questions remain about how laws affect planning. Impediment 3: AquaCharge is computationally intensive.