Groundwater in many areas of the U.S. and across the globe is being depleted as pumping for drinking water and agriculture ...

A conceptual figure from the study showing how researchers used InSAR deformation data to create a permeability map of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight Great Plains states from ...

Latest well tests show nearly 72,000 acre-foot drop in unconfined aquifer, pointing to dire consequences for potato industry ...

For the first time, NIWA used several techniques to map and understand the Waiwhetu Aquifer. This is a reservoir of drinking water that lies beneath the Hutt Valley and Wellington Harbor, and it ...

Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater -- the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation -- can threaten food production amid ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from water ...

Hazardous contaminants may have been dumped there, including petroleum-related compounds.

"This Sand Hill reservation sits on top of the aquifer that feeds our Weeki Wachee River." ...

San Antonio's return to Stage 3 watering rules was automatic once the Edwards Aquifer's 10-day average slipped below 640 feet above mean sea level — a benchmark set in city rules, as Fox San Antonio ...

The future of Oʻahu’s primary water source may be in jeopardy if current water withdrawal rules remain unchanged. According to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers, the current sustainable yield ...