Decades ago, chemicals from manufacturing plants seeped into the groundwater in the San Fernando Valley, contaminating the aquifer. As part of ongoing cleanup efforts, the federal Environmental ...

Initial arguments have wrapped up in a Ventura County groundwater rights case – litigation that Camarillo officials have argued could undermine the city's water supply. A group of agricultural ...

Groundwater commonly contains methane, but the amount of this important greenhouse gas that can escape to surface waters or the atmosphere is highly uncertain. A team from the Max Planck Institute for ...

The state’s aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of groundwater in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30. The amount of groundwater replenishment was significant, but was less than the ...

UC Davis researchers insert a device that continuously collects water samples underground, providing real-time data on nitrate contaminant movement. (Isaya Kisekka / UC Davis) Extreme weather spurred ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Groundwater remains a critical resource for Arkansas, with approximately 71% of the state's water use sourced from aquifers, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

Oregon water regulators have spent the last three years working on a plan to prevent groundwater declines that could cause roughly 40,000 home wells statewide to dry up. That plan now has a crucial ...

A group of agricultural property owners called the OPV Coalition filed the lawsuit in 2021. Camarillo officials have argued the litigation could undermine the city's water supply. The case was divided ...