Recent tests show the aquifer recovers quickly, but concerns remain about the impact on nearby private and agricultural wells. A $1 million fund has been established to mitigate potential issues for ...

Loudoun County ended 2025 under severe drought conditions, an all-too-common status that is sparking elevated concerns about ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A groundwater well will be drilled in Johnson County’s Kent Park this summer in a yearslong effort to ...

The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has sped up work to establish groundwater recharge wells at 10 locations in the city.

A decades-old stormwater solution that helps recharge groundwater in Modesto is also a major contributor to yearly street flooding and a potential source of contamination. Modesto's stormwater system ...

A private development company is investing $150 million in an ambitious plan to harvest groundwater lying beneath sprawling ...

The two related problems — uncapped orphan wells and plugged wells failing, known as “zombie wells” — threaten Texas groundwater. Oil, fluids and the industry’s salty wastewater can flow up the well ...

The water beneath our feet is vanishing, putting people, plants and animals at risk in the Nevada desert. An August study published in the academic journal Hydrological Processes uses publicly ...

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