DUNNIGAN, Calif. — As storms have drenched Northern California, water diverted from the swollen Sacramento River has been flowing from a canal and pouring onto 200 acres of farmland. For more ...

The aquifer is slowly being pumped dry. Water wells, for instance, have dropped more than 61 meters (200 feet) in the Texas Panhandle. Though the trend line is downward, not all regions are equally ...

Six decades have passed, though, since grain growers and cattle producers began tapping the aquifer with such sustained thirst that they drew more water to the surface each year than flows in the ...

Mexico City is sinking because of the amount of water being pumped out from beneath its foundations. One of the largest and most populous cities in the world, it was once a lush land of lakes. The ...

“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.

Around 300 feet below the ground sits a different water resource: an aquifer. The underground water feeds the river and fills taps across Boone County – stretching across the stateline.

For decades, San Antonio got 100% of its water from the Edwards Aquifer. In 1993, San Antonio began to work to decrease its dependence on the Edwards Aquifer system. Today, there are 15 supply ...

Scientists recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells.

Beijing, despite tapping into the gigantic North China Plain aquifer, is the world’s fifth most water-stressed city and its water problems are likely to get even worse. NG Maps.