Drought is a widespread concern in the Western U.S., and water managers across the region are developing groundwater management plans to conserve the essential resource. Groundwater is often pumped to ...

The places of use (POUs), X (red), Y (blue), and Z (yellow) paired with the OpenET fields 1, 2, and 3 using spatial intersection in Diamond Valley, Nevada. This is an illustration of a one-to-one ...

BENEATH OUR FEET. REPORTER: FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, SCIENTISTS WITH NASA HAVE BEEN USING A PAIR OF SATELLITES WITH HIGHLY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS TO LOOK FOR CHANGES IN SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ALL ...

In 1997 Union County in southern Arkansas faced a serious crisis: its key water source, the Sparta Aquifer, was declining by as much as two meters per year. This underground reservoir of water trapped ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are considering multiple measures to change how some Oklahomans monitor their groundwater use. Two such ...

Water flows downhill. It’s a basic reality now playing out 500 feet below the surface of California’s farmland everywhere from the fertile Central Valley to the citrus orchards of Riverside and San ...

The first steps toward possible state control of groundwater pumping in Kings County were derailed under a ruling issued July 15 that said the Water Resources Control Board had overstepped its bounds ...

The water spigots on California farms will soon be twisted tighter. As the state faces a growing threat from drought, an increasing number of water agencies are planning to require flow meters on ...

Maps and photos of the study areas, Diamond Valley, Nevada (left), and Harney Basin, Oregon (right). The figure on the far-left shows Diamond Valley evapotranspiration (ET) image data (raster view) ...