maybe

No that is actually where all the rain goes.

a lot more people will likely live because of the extra water, no?

A lot of people died in a different way than they would have

Yeah it'll be back, but for now it isn't

For now…

Some places can't really support trees.

Yeah that's what happens when it rains for basically three weeks

That's why you plant trees (and don't tear up all your forests) because this is describing exactly what their root systems do. They can even reproduce on their own!

I'm no expert, but rain that evaporates must come down somehow? Maybe not always in the place, but everything can't be rained in Bangladesh, right?

Lake Cachuma is gorgeous again

But a lot of people died so is it really that uplifting?

The recent weather is nice but it’s not a long term solution. They’ll be back in a drought soon as the rain stops

I paid a lot of money for my car and for the water I use once a month to wash it. I'm on my own property using the water I bought and I don't care if anyone is butthurt.

Green infrastructure is going to be critical everywhere in terms of moderating extreme weather events

To add to this great comment, there are areas around LA designated as the "Ground Water Recharge Basins". This is basically big, temporary ponds to capture water before it gets to the ocean. This water is then naturally filtered into the ground and get pumped back up later for urban use.

https://www.pointblue.org/science_blog/attractive-and-beneficial-groundwater-recharge-basins-can-be-both-for-people-and-wildlife/#:~:text=These%20are%20natural%20or%20artificially,groundwater%20level%20in%20the%20aquifer.

You can see these at the north end of the 605 fwy, near the Santa Fe dam, as an example. Smaller, local projects aim to utilize the soil areas around public roads to channel and hold water so more can soak into the ground. They look like small riverbeds meandering around other landscapes. 10 fwy on ramps in the San Gabriel area seems to have this feature as well as the median on the upper Santa Anita Blvd.

Efforts are being made but probably more can be done.

> Is there a reason why doing this large scale would be a bad idea

This isn't my field of expertise, but I have a couple times seen a demonstration where they pour muddy water through layers of soil, sand, and gravel and it comes out clean, which is basically how groundwater gets more-or-less safe to drink.

I suspect open bore holes would defeat some of those layers and cause groundwater contamination.

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washing dishes and your body has a direct impact on your health. washing your car is just a luxury. Also, fresh water is a non-replenishing resource. It goes to the ground, runs to the ocean and then takes nature years or humans a lot of money to use it again for anything. that is very wasteful. I'd recommend getting comfortable with a dirty car if you chose to live in a dry climate.

Some people are so picky. /s

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Probably because this is better PR for them.

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Grand County has enough snow for everyone

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As someone who had had wells drilled multiple time and lived off wells, I'll share my experience with the process. I am no expert though. Allowing surface water to run into a 300' well for example, would bypass the natural filtering process provided by the soil. Excrement (animal and otherwise), chemicals, etc, on the surface would be allowed to directly contaminate the water table. In California he water can only come out of the well, never back in. Check valves must be installed on the well head to prevent the water being pulled back out of your house and back into the ground by gravity. This is for residential only in my experience. Some water districts in California are experimenting with injecting clean water back into the ground as storage and to prevent salt water intrusion. Also well drilling is really expensive.