A study using NASA satellites found the Colorado River Basin is depleting rapidly, losing water equal to Lake Mead's capacity in 20 years, with the drought cited as a primary cause. Farmers, like ...
Access to groundwater is crucial to life on Earth, but rising temperatures could render it undrinkable for 75 million people within the next 76 years. In a new study, researchers at the Karlsruhe ...
Every spring, high-country streams and rivers in the American West begin to swell with water as the region’s snowpack starts to dissipate. It’s easy to assume that the liquid flowing in these water ...
The Verde River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in Arizona, winding through what’s known as the Verde Valley before feeding into the Salt River. Agriculturally, the valley is relatively fertile ...
This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As drought and demand affect water resources ...
Legislators have just passed a groundwater protection bill that many nonprofit groups working on groundwater contamination said was too watered down to make a real difference. Gov. Tina Kotek backed ...
A nationwide county-level study reveals how subtle differences in groundwater chemistry may influence pipe corrosion and children’s blood lead levels, highlighting the hidden role of water treatment ...