The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are warning people to limit the ...

2. Wear water socks or flip-flops to walk around in—but not your favorite pair, as you’ll need to leave them behind in shoe ...

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities —including New York, Dallas and Seattle —is slowly but steadily sinking, with more than ...

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 ...

Satellite data revealed that Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the U.S., and that all of the other biggest cities are dropping in at least some areas. Researchers say groundwater extraction is ...

Generally, according to a statement from Lamont-Doherty, it happens as water is withdrawn from aquifers made up of fine-grained sediments ... Fort Worth, Charlotte, Denver, Oklahoma City and Las Vegas ...

About 35 miles southwest of Chicago, Joliet is at the epicenter of a regional water crisis where many suburbs will run out of water supplied by the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer by 2030, according ...

A map of locations with vulnerability to groundwater contamination due to orphaned wells. Credit: Science of the Total Environment The Gulf Coast aquifers, including the Coastal Lowlands aquifer ...

A multi-year drought has taken its toll on our rivers, reservoirs and our most prized resource: the Edwards Aquifer. As of Tuesday morning, the J-17 well recorded a daily reading of 625.4 ...

The Mahomet Aquifer, Champaign-Urbana’s primary source of drinking water, is at the center of debate between companies, activists and residents in Illinois over carbon sequestration. The aquifer spans ...