Karst groundwaters are vital resources, providing drinking water to nearly 10% of the world’s population. However, human activities and global change have deteriorated the karst water quality and ...

A groundbreaking discovery off the coast of Italy has scientists excited about a potentially life-changing resource.

Enbridge to pay millions in fines for Line 3 water quality violations 00:33. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Enbridge Energy will pay out millions in fines for water quality violations and aquifer breaches in ...

Enbridge Energy is working to fix another aquifer rupture caused by construction of the Line 3 replacement oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. The Canadian oil company and the state Department ...

The Memphis Sand aquifer resides under eight states, with an area of about 7,000 square miles. Layers of sand, silt and clay filter and protect the water from most contaminants, making the ...

In some places, the aquifer has fallen to less than 10 percent of its capacity. In Maryland, almost three-quarters of monitoring wells have seen water levels drop since 1980, some by more than 100 ...

“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.

On Tuesday, July 18, the aquifer dropped below 630 feet, with a reading of 628.7 feet at the J-17 Well in Bexar County. A reading that low hasn’t been recorded since September of 2014, ...

The aquifer supplies drinking water to 2.5 million Texans, and recently instituted Stage 5 restrictions for permit holders for the first time ever. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

The Ogallala Aquifer was formed more than 25,000 years ago, but it recharges at a very low rate. For years, irrigators in Kansas have drained more from the aquifer than rainfall can replace.

The Memphis aquifer, the primary drinking water source for Shelby County, has naturally occurring breaches in its protective clay layer. Pollutants from as far back as the 1940s could be entering ...