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 subterranean aquifer lurking in the mountains contains three times as much water as Lake Mead at full capacity.

A aquifer is just a layer under us, geological layer under us, that stores water. Typically you would call a freshwater aquifer a drinking water aquifer. But there's water below us in lots of ...

Groundwater is life in Arizona. Find out how we’re helping Grand Canyon communities manage their limited water supplies.

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

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 ...

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 ...