Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. These are welcome announcements. Due to a ...

USGS will fly low-level helicopter surveys in the Permian Basin of NM and TX to map groundwater near Clovis and Cannon AFB; ...

The water that pours out of your tap, or that’s unnecessarily packaged in a single-use bottle, or that helped grow the produce in your fridge—all of it may well have come from aquifers somewhere.

A state Department of Agriculture report released Monday found that the levels in Arkansas' two most important aquifers are continuing to decline and that the withdrawal rates remain unsustainable.