In 1997 Union County in southern Arkansas faced a serious crisis: its key water source, the Sparta Aquifer, was declining by as much as two meters per year. This underground reservoir of water trapped ...

In recent years, the world has seen a recurrence of extreme floods and droughts due to climate change. In response to this, aquifer storage technology is being used for actual water supply in ...

In a place like Delaware, where it rains frequently, water is a renewable resource. Natural processes will replenish the water that is being used or consumed. In an area where rain is not as plentiful ...

Deep beneath Kentucky, one of the world’s largest cave systems hides a complex network of underground waterways that cannot be understood simply by looking at the surface. Scientists discovered just ...

What does the presence of 1,000 year old water mean for the future of water supplies under the desert regions of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates? New research has ...

If you grew up in the Inland Northwest, chances are you learned about the massive underground Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer in your school days. It’s gained a sort of mythical status in the ...

Worldwide, an estimated 220 million people are drinking groundwater containing the toxin arsenic (As) at concentrations above the World Health Organization guideline of 10 parts per billion. About 94% ...

Re “Refilling an aquifer, a few million gallons at a time” (front page, April 18): Recycling wastewater into drinking water sounds like a great idea and I applaud it. But if it is drinkable and safe, ...

Muscat: Principal investigator Shahad Mattar Al Yaqoubi from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)is among the winning innovative research projects in the 9th National Research Award, organised by the ...