What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?

Reservoirs are a solution to the tremendous variability in natural water supply, but what happens when they stop filling up? People use water at more or less a constant rate and yet, mother nature supplies it in unpredictable sloshes of rain or snow that can change with the seasons and often have...

14 min - Planet & Climate - Practical Engineering

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