Texas law largely allows landowners to do what they want with the groundwater beneath them, potentially protecting the latest ...

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 ...

A water war is brewing in Texas. At the center is Dallas hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, whose plan to pump 15 billion gallons of water a year from East Texas aquifers has sparked lawsuits, packed ...

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 ...

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 McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency, near Fresno, first applied for a recharge permit in August 2021. The state board rejected its application the following March, after the rainy ...

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.