[Rockhounds] Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

A hidden reservoir of groundwater more than twice the size of Lake Mead is
buried inside the Oregon Cascades, a new study reports.

Scientists found that the underground aquifer holds at least 19.4 cubic
miles (81 cubic kilometers) of water below the surface of the mountain
range. The finding could impact both water use and scientists'
understanding of volcanic processes in the region.

"It is a continental-size lake stored in the rocks at the top of the
mountains, like a big water tower," study co-author *Leif Karlstrom*
<https://pages.uoregon.edu/leif/>, an Earth scientist at the University of
Oregon, *said in a statement*
<https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069774>. "That there are similar
large volcanic aquifers north of the Columbia Gorge and near Mount Shasta
likely make the Cascade Range the largest aquifer of its kind in the world."

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/scientists-discover-enormous-reservoir-hidden-in-cascades-more-than-twice-the-amount-of-water-in-lake-mead