Researchers predict there are nearly 80,000 groundwater sites likely to have levels of carcinogenic chemicals higher than the EPA's limit.

Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of ...

PHOENIX — Groundwater pumping in Arizona has drastically affected the water supply. It's also leading to a permanent change in the landscape, causing the land itself to sink. This is known as ...

Ecosystems around the world are at risk from declining levels of underground water, a study has found — and protected areas aren’t growing fast enough to stem the losses. A map released Tuesday in the ...

A low-flying helicopter equipped with a large, hexagonal monitoring device will be scanning the Columbus area over the next few weeks. The helicopter flights are part of a Lower Loup Natural Resources ...

When rivers rise in the spring, you probably think it is from the most recent snow and rain. A new study says that is probably not true.

Cache Valley is highly dependent on groundwater from springs and the valley aquifer, but most groundwater wells monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey show declining water levels. This is worrisome, ...

Previous research in California's Central Valley determined that this location in Merced County subsided approximately 8.6 ft between 1965 and 2016. Credit: USGS Global water resources are stretched ...