I’m pretty sure I learned about aquifers in a middle school classroom during a science unit on the water cycle. But, like most people, I’ve entirely forgotten what I learned or didn't pay close ...

Editor's note: Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. Millions of years ago, sediment from the Rocky Mountains was deposited in the High Plains. Over ...

Groundwater sustains the Rio Grande and its wildlife, but overuse and pollution threaten this vital freshwater source. Learn how it can be restored.

South Dakota down to Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer is the hidden powerhouse beneath America’s breadbasket. It covers roughly ...

Groundwater replenishing beneath temperate farmland fields may come from very recent rainfall, merely one to two weeks old, ...

Discovery and scale of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer SystemLibya’s Great Man-Made River and its water supply impactGlobal ...

The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance supports Proposition 4 on the statewide ballot, and we encourage all voters to vote "for ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains. The two ...

Thomas & Hutton engineer Trent Thompson presented the results of a groundwater well test pulling from the Florida Aquifer, ...

Conventional sprinkler irrigation. Source - USDA Photo by Lance Cheung., Public Domain Conventional sprinkler irrigation. Source - USDA Photo by Lance Cheung., Public Domain The Kansas Water Authority ...

The town of Virden is under a water advisory warning after returning to an old water source, which tests indicated had a ...

Arizona's water authority wants to place groundwater rules in a basin where Saudi-owned Fondomonte grows thousands of acres ...