Groundwater is responsible for about half of the water people use globally. It’s drying up. Hayes Kelman started noticing the family farm in... The world has a groundwater problem. Can we solve it?

It’s the ten-year birthday of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, known as SGMA. While the law doesn’t take full effect with balanced groundwater management until 2040, there is already much ...

Constant policy reversals will create uncertainty for water planners, which in the long run could jeopardize Arizona's water future. Finding common ground and enacting durable water policies is ...

A recent study has revealed a startling public health threat: About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding ...

South Africa is moving to regulate groundwater more tightly as demand and climate pressures grow, but the draft rules still ...

Regulation is important, but it alone won't solve rural Arizona's groundwater problems. Most of the state's rapidly depleting basins are heavily agricultural, complicating efforts to save water and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water gets pumped into a canal near Tranquillity. Overpumping of ground water for agriculture has led to land subsidence. (The ...