Resurrecting 1500-Year-Old Canals Could Fix Peru's Water Shortages

[Nihil]

1. "Sometimes ancient tech can be just as good as high tech"

> They divert water during the rainy season, when big rivers overfloweth, to springs that then
> run year-round, essentially turning the landscape into a giant sponge that can be squeezed
> for water during the dry season.

And, by being sub-surface, will lose less to evaporation than a reservoir of the same capacity!

> And it’s a lot cheaper than a fancy new desalination plant.

I'm surprised that this wasn't a red rag to some of the regular bull merchants ...

Thanks for posting it - combining archeology with environmental studies in one brief article!