Mountain water resources are increasingly threatened. This study finds that a 1,400-year-old system for diverting headwater streams onto Andean slopes enhances the later water yield in downslope springs and estimates that upscaling this for Lima, Peru, could increase dry-season flows by 7.5%.
- Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi
- Juan D. Bardales
- Wouter Buytaert
