When I say that, for example, Hawaii [has] a lot of the water resources that we see in these volcanic landscapes. They are essentially similar to what we’re seeing in the Cascades.

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“The way to think of the deep aquifer is it’s like it has a lid on it,” Abrams said. “And so if you pour water on top of the lid, it’s not going to go through that lid and reach the aquifer.

For example, aquifer urbanization in areas such as Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Leander is worrisome since the only major protected area in the region is Lake Georgetown. “The lack of protective ...

In Long Beach, for example, saltwater was seeping into the shallower layers of the aquifer by the 1940s. By 1979, ... "People say the aquifer is 1,500 feet deep; ...

For example, the McKenzie River, which supplies most of Eugene’s drinking water, begins high in the mountains at the spring-fed Clear Lake. But the discovery of this underground aquifer’s size ...

The Cascades provide a substantial amount of drinking water for the people of Oregon—most of the city of Eugene’s potable water, for example, comes from the McKenzie River.

In Finney County, the beef sector employs 11 times as many people, and there is 11 times the amount of revenue when compared to crop production, as an example, she said.

The Edwards Aquifer diving beetle lives in Hays and Comal counties, and it was not added to the list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Rain needs to fall in the right area to recharge the system; rainfall east of Interstate 35, for example, doesn't enter the aquifer. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

The Fort Collins Loveland Water District is investing in an aquifer near the Wyoming and Colorado border in an effort to secure drinking water for the region's projected growth.