Scientists recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells.

The Appalachian Basin – which includes parts of eastern Ohio – is one of the areas where aquifers are most at risk.

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Swimming has not been allowed at Jacob's Well since 2022, when the water dropped below average. The swimming hole hasn’t had consistent water flow since June of that year and even stopped flowing that ...

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive.

The rise in groundwater level is visible. In a monitoring well, where water was found at a depth of 11 m in January 2020, it is now available at 10.18 m as of January 2025, Saithalavi pointed out.

The researchers estimated that pumping from wells has drained about 34 cubic kilometers, or 28 million acre-feet, of groundwater in the watershed since 2003—more than twice the amount of water ...