State law requires well operators to send in usage reports, but many say they draw only what their permit allows, or don’t ...

A Memphis-based environmental group is warning that contaminants could be making their way toward the aquifer that supplies drinking water to Shelby County residents. Sarah Houston with Protect ...

Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming ...

“The way to think of the deep aquifer is it’s like it has a lid on it,” Abrams said. “And so if you pour water on top of the lid, it’s not going to go through that lid and reach the aquifer.

As aquifers decline and wells begin to go dry, people are being forced to confront a growing crisis. Pumped Dry. The global crisis of vanishing groundwater.

A reading that low hasn’t been recorded since September of 2014, when the aquifer ended up dropping all the way down to 625.9 feet. Here’s a look at some of the historical low points that the ...

You’ve likely heard about the Edwards Aquifer, especially over the past few drought-stricken years. The groundwater system provides water for more than 2 million people, and water levels in ...

It was the summer of 1990. George H.W. Bush was president, New Kids on the Block were at the top of the charts, David Robinson had just finished his rookie year with the San Antonio Spurs — and ...

The Southeast Wellfield is Polk County's first effort to drill into the Lower Floridan Aquifer and will connect to cities through a 61-mile pipeline.

The aquifer has dropped to its lowest level since 2014, according to Gonzalez. Entering Stage 5 restrictions will remain a possibility until the region receives some much-needed rain.

Other low points include June 1990, when levels dropped to 622.7 feet, September of 2014, with a level of 625.9 feet, and August of 1984, when the aquifer fell to 623.3 feet. DATE AQUIFER LEVEL ...