Beneath Australia's soils lie ancient aquifers which supply 30% of the water consumed across the country. The groundwater they hold can be some of the oldest water on the planet, dating back as far as ...

Groundwater replenishing beneath temperate farmland fields may come from very recent rainfall, merely one to two weeks old, whereas the water actually taken up by crops is drawn from much older ...

PHOENIX—In the middle of summer in the nation’s hottest city, water experts from local governments, tribal nations, universities and industry groups gathered Monday to discuss how the federal ...

Groundwater is responsible for about half of the water people use globally. It's drying up. Hayes Kelman started noticing the family farm in western Kansas was slowly getting less water around the ...

A conservation district employee measures groundwater at a monitoring well in Lincoln County, as part of a training and monitoring session in 2021 led by the Department of Ecology. Sasha McLarty, an ...

While North Mankato has raised concerns about the future of the Mount Simon aquifer, neighboring Mankato has historically implemented strategies to reduce water use and preserve local and regional ...

IAEA-supported research has helped countries date groundwater up to one million years old, providing new data to guide long term water management. Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity In many arid ...