Artificial Aquifer Recharge

ARTIFICIAL AQUIFER RECHARGE

The world is facing an important problem: water scarcity. During rainy seasons, most of the water that flows through the ground goes unused, and ends up being wasted into the ocean.

An efficient way to take advantage of rain water that is currently lost is to store the water underground through direct aquifer infiltration. This process consists of collecting surface rainwater, injecting it through wells, and storing it underground. While this process is efficient, it has a big limitation: to directly inject collected water into the aquifers and store the water underground, it must be of very high quality.

Crystal Lagoons has developed a technology that allows treating and purifying surface runoff water at very low costs, so that water can rapidly infiltrate into underground aquifers, complying with strict infiltration regulations. Subsequently, the water stored in the aquifers can be pumped to the surface for use in agriculture, mining and sanitary purposes. This provides a reliable and high quality water supply in times of water shortage.