Aquihood

Conceptual section through an Aquihood, illustrating the relationship between topography, local water collection, aquifer recharge and water withdrawal. The Aquihood Spatial System is based on several core goals, in order of importance: Recharging aquifers locally to support abundant, just and sustainable access to drinking water. Mitigating flooding associated with climate change. Creating walkable urbanism based on local communities, with day-to-day services close at hand,

According to the USGS: A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet, such as the outflow of a reservoir, the mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel. Watersheds can be as small as a footprint or large enough to encompass all the land that drains into major river systems. The word watershed is sometimes used interchangeably with drainage basin or catchment. Watersheds consist of surface water--lakes, streams, reservoirs