Beneath the surface of nearly every inhabited continent, vast stores of freshwater have been accumulating for thousands, ...

The White Earth Nation has proposed a casino-resort complex on land above the Buffalo Aquifer, a source of Moorhead's water. A diagram shows the layers of an aquifer, which stores water beneath the ...

Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater—the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation—can threaten food production amid drought and ...

South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world. Over 400 towns, especially in the western and central parts of the ...

Groundwater supplies 40% of the world’s irrigation water, yet aquifer levels are falling faster than they are being ...

If you grew up in the Inland Northwest, chances are you learned about the massive underground Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer in your school days. It’s gained a sort of mythical status in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Despite recent rain, Central Texas remains in a drought, impacting water supplies. Some cities and utilities know having just one source of drinking water isn't an ideal plan, ...