Irrigation water storage pits farmers against communities over shrinking groundwater
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As aquifers shrink, storing winter water for summer irrigation splits territories: a minority of irrigating farms gain security while other users and ecosystems fear capture of a common resource. In France the conflict has escalated to court battles and violent protest.
#00198Winter-filled substitution reservoirs with agroecological conditions (contested)
Pump shallow groundwater in winter into lined open reservoirs so farms substitute stored water for summer abstraction, tied by protocol to agroecological commitments. Contested: supporters cite modelling and court validation; opponents cite evaporation, resource capture, and mala
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