Aquifers: Reservoirs for the future
Are you overlooking a solution to creating water abundance right under your feet?
The Problem We Address
Turning subsurface reservoirs into floodwater storage tanks may be your best, cheapest option for creating water abundance in an era of climate change extremes. Unlike surface water reservoirs, water in subsurface reservoirs won’t evaporate, and can be drawn upon when needed.
Our Services/Solutions
Future H2O guides national governments, agricultural agencies, corporations and irrigation districts to uncover the best and most cost-effective places to create subsurface storage.
Future H2O Lead: Yuhang Wei
Yuhang Wei ‘s expertise focuses on water resources system planning and development strategy analysis. Trained as a civil engineer, he got his bachelor’s (2011) and PhD (2018) in hydraulic and hydropower engineering from Hohai University. His project footprint varies from arid northwestern China to semi-arid Texas to the humid Mekong River Basin. He frequently uses time series analysis for water supply and demand forecasting, system modelling on the natural hydrological cycle with human management in the loop, and combines optimization method to seek best river basin hydropower development strategy for best comprehensive economic, social and environmental effects.
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