A Dallas millionaire is seeking permission to drill into the massive Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer to explore how much water is ...

As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into a largely ...

The world’s groundwater aquifers are taking a beating. Decades of unrestrained pumping by thirsty farms and fast-growing cities have drained these underground rock beds, which hold more than 95 ...

This story is the first part of a four-part series about three groundwater basins in Colorado. It was originally published by ...

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The news isn't all grim, as the authors noted that in 16% of the aquifer systems that suffered groundwater declines in the 1980s and 1990s, the trend was actually reversed.

A groundwater well will be drilled in Johnson County's Kent Park this summer in a yearslong effort to monitor the amount of ...

The push to use farmlands for managed aquifer recharge has been praised by experts who say it can help the state combat overuse and become more resilient as climate change unleashes more intense ...

SC needs legal reforms to protect and manage its groundwater resources, which can be harmed by over-pumping; the state needs ...

Water levels in deep bedrock aquifers decline because new and increasing demands exceed recharge. A groundwater plan is needed for Iowans to sustainably balance groundwater use with recharge.

Groundwater is still overpumped in most of the state’s “active-management areas,” or AMAs. And in many places, aquifer levels continue to decline.