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

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

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 ...

Beneath the surface of virtually every major growing city, a slow-moving crisis is unfolding. Aquifers - the underground layers of rock and sediment that store and supply freshwater to billions of ...

Beneath our feet, a slow-motion crisis is unfolding. The world's underground water stores, known as aquifers, are being drained at a pace that took scientists years of painstaking data collection to ...

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 ...

A new study of the San Marcos River reveals that Edwards Aquifer stygobionts persist in the hyporheic zone far downstream of ...

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." ...

OnePure is available in New Zealand and exported around the world. Concerned locals have contacted Farmers Weekly to ask why, if the water is in short supply, it is being sent offshore. They asked if ...

If you dive deep enough off America’s northeast coast you’ll find something surprising under the Atlantic Ocean: freshwater. A gigantic aquifer of mostly freshwater, hugging the coastline from New ...

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 ...