Many of America’s critical sources of underground water are in a state of rapid and accelerating decline, a new study has found. More than half of the aquifers in the United States (53 percent ...

Water is one thing people cannot live without. Yet the United States' access to water is slowly becoming scarcer. The country contains many underground aquifers that hydrate and irrigate most of ...

In dozens of interviews in the United States, India, Peru and Morocco, many ideas for potential solutions emerged – ways people can work toward lessening overpumping and preventing groundwater ...

It’s been a tough summer for drought in the United States and the latest news isn’t going to make it it any better. Because it turns out that it’s not just the surface that’s drying up ...

It contains enough water to cover the entire United States to a depth of 1 1/2 feet. But because of heavy usage, some water experts have pronounced it one of the fastest-disappearing aquifers in ...

A new study suggests that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this sector by 40% in the United States.

FILE - Workers remove a 10,000-gallon underground gasoline storage tank to be replaced with a new tank at a gas station in Sacramento, Calif., May 23, 2003.

Virginia doesn’t have a megadrought like some parts of the United States, but it has water problems all the same: Homes and businesses in the Hampton Roads region, in the southeastern corner of ...

Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities. Enhanced oil recovery techniques, including dewatering and ...