Dr. Mohammad Safeeq is a research scientist with Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, Merced and Investigator with the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative. Follow on Twitter @safeeqkhan, @ucwater. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/mohammad-safeeq/rss en Climate & Weather Management & Supply Wed, 26 Apr 2017 05:00:58 +0000 Mohammad Safeeq https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/04/26/california-could-have-stored-abundant-water-underground https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/04/26/california-could-have-stored-abundant-water-underground California has much more potential to store water underground in aquifers than in surface reservoirs. The state should be focused on this opportunity for future years, writes scientist Mohammad Safeeq.