Aquifers are the primary source of drinking water for up to two billion people. To avoid overexploitation, lengthy renewal periods of some aquifers must be taken into account. The lengthy ...

Researchers from the University of Oregon and other institutions have identified an aquifer—a layer of water-saturated rock or sediment—beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central ...

The study, funded by Memphis Light, Gas & Water, revealed that the aquifer's protective clay layer has breaches, allowing potentially contaminated "modern water" to seep in. These findings have ...

State and city lawmakers, and community leaders are gathering on Tuesday to discuss a legislation that would oppose the new ...

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 ...

Groundwater-containing rock formations, termed aquifers, are commonly recharged ... However, rainfall can sometimes quickly flow into deeper soil layers thereby evading purification and ...

The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee released its biennial report to the state Legislature this month calling to ...

said it is possible for a leak to go through 800 feet of soil without any cap rock layers to stop it. “We are saying no to a landfill above our aquifer, but we are also saying we want to be ...