The Ogallala Aquifer has been in decline since the mid-20th Century. After World War II, a boom in groundwater irrigation ...

Aquifers are the primary source of drinking water for up to two billion people. To avoid overexploitation, lengthy renewal periods of some aquifers must be taken into account. The lengthy ...

A new study found that this Central Oregon aquifer holds around 80 cubic kilometers of water, meaning it’s roughly three times the size of Nevada’s Lake Mead. Leif Karlstrom is an associate ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

meaning it is “thick” with water. In western Kansas, where we are, the aquifer undulates so much that “thin” water is often separated from thick water by only a few miles. A steer is ...

Research over the last several years has led a team of scientists more insight on just how large an aquifer is at the crest of the Cascades.