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 water ...

Nearly 300 Illinois laws took effect Jan. 1. The Illinois’ 1% statewide grocery tax is eliminated, but more than half the state’s cities and towns have passed an ordinance establishing their own ...

Every summer the US Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton, wheat, and corn, and maintain large herds of cattle and hogs. As the heat rises, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Underneath the Inland Northwest sits a massive body of water. The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer stretches from Lake Pend Oreille to Lake Coeur d'Alene, through Spokane ...

Enbridge will pay the state $2.8 million for breaching an aquifer in Aitkin County while building the Line 3 oil pipeline ...

The scale of what's happening beneath Iran's surface is staggering. This isn't just a water shortage. It's something far ...

Everyone living in and visiting Florida has an “aquifer footprint.” Your aquifer footprint is measured by the amount of groundwater you use and your individual contribution of nitrate-nitrogen to the ...

On Nov. 10, the owners of Guajolote Ranch — Richard H. LePere, treasurer of for-profit Guajolote Ranch Inc., and Sidney E.

BRAINERD -- An aquifer breach in north-central Minnesota caused by construction on the Line 3 oil pipeline is leaking more groundwater, the state Department of Natural Resources said this week. The ...

Enbridge will be required to pay $1.6 million in environmental projects, civil penalties and monitoring. It will make an ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains. The two ...