aquifers

“Non-renewable” central Washington water source nearly run dry

Have you had a 10,000 year-old glass of water? The water that’s pumped up from the Columbia Basin’s deepest irrigation…

6 years ago

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado. The Western U.S. is just starting…

6 years ago

A great water partner? An agency named geology: USGS

Who's this, hard at work assessing water resources? [Metropolitan Planning Council] uses research and data from the U.S. Geological Survey…

6 years ago

Idaho on pace to set aquifer recharge record during 2017-18 season

Storage water is recharged this fall into New Sweden Irrigation District’s reservoir. Through the first part of December, the Idaho…

6 years ago

Radium contamination in water most widespread in Texas, environmental group says

More than half of Americans could be drinking tap water tainted with a radioactive element. A new report from the…

6 years ago