Modeling study
2025
Open access
Water storage paradox of reservoir expansion and evaporative losses in the MENA region
Milad Aminzadeh, Sankeerth Narayanaswamy, Hannes Nevermann, Matteo Zampieri, Ibrahim Hoteit, Paolo D’Odorico, Amir AghaKouchak, Kaveh Madani, Nima Shokri · Scientific Reports (2025)
Key finding (our summary)
Describes a water-storage paradox in the MENA region: expanding reservoir surface area to store more water also increases evaporative losses, sometimes offsetting the gain.
A recent, high-visibility argument that more surface storage is not automatically more usable water.
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