Water security is essential for the sustainability of healthy human populations, economic growth, and the stability of communities and nations. Approximately 30% of all freshwater on Earth exists as ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When engineers conduct research on groundwater, the water that flows beneath Earth's surface, they usually think of "large-scale" as one watershed -- an area of land where all of the ...

Groundwater flow modelling is a critical tool in the management and protection of water resources, especially in the context of both confined and unconfined aquifers. Confined aquifers, bounded by ...

Groundwater is the largest source of freshwater, one of the world's most precious natural resources and vital for crops and drinking water. Researchers have developed the first global computer model ...

Groundwater is a key resource for water users in California’s Central Valley, a major agricultural hub with an economic output of tens of billions of dollars annually. Surface deformation in the ...

In 2015, the Gold King Mine, a historic mine that was a toxic waste site, was being excavated by the EPA to begin the long process of cleaning up acid waste that had collected within the historic mine ...

How much fresh water is in the United States? It's a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at ...