The Southwest U.S. is facing a crisis that has been quietly brewing under our feet: groundwater depletion. For many, water scarcity might bring to mind ... Read more The post The Southwest U.S. Is ...

Yet the United States' access to water is slowly ... Many regions of the country are experiencing groundwater depletion because the aquifers are being pumped faster than they can be replenished.

Scientists have known for decades about a massive aquifer off the US East Coast ... land subsidence, streamflow depletion, and drying wells. Alarmingly, groundwater-level declines have accelerated ...

What can be done to prevent future declines in the water supply and safeguard the aquifer? The Desert Sun, following up on a series of articles documenting groundwater depletion in the Coachella ...

A California water district must apply for an incidental take permit for endangered steelhead trout before bringing takings claims against the government over diversion limits from the Santa Clara ...