The Moapa dace is a four-inch fish that lives exclusively in groundwater-fed springs in the Muddy River area northeast of Las Vegas. (National Park Service via Courthouse News) LAS VEGAS (CN) — The ...

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Heavy irrigation on carrots, a water-intensive crop in the high desert of the Cuyama Valley, has contributed to the dramatic decline of the underlying groundwater basin. (Santa Barbara Water Agency ...

Court of Appeal Strikes Down Minimum 3:1 Ratio Statute for Failure to Comply with Proposition 26 and Provides Guidance on Standard of Review The California Court of Appeal has ruled that a statute ...

Groundwater pumping in the last century has contributed as much as 50 percent to stream flow declines in some U.S. rivers, according to new research led by a University of Arizona hydrologist. The new ...

Humankind’s collective thirst is slowly desiccating landscapes worldwide, a study of groundwater finds. Water stored in aquifers underground makes up the vast majority of accessible freshwater on ...

PHOENIX — The unincorporated town of Wenden in La Paz County is sinking due to the over pumping of groundwater. The over pumping causes a phenomenon known as subsidence, according to La Paz County ...

How old is your water? It may seem like a peculiar question at first, but there are real implications to how long a drop of water has spent underground. Research suggests that the water cycle is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water is pumped to irrigate wheat fields near Hanford in 2021. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) For decades, a costly problem ...