Keith Schilling is state geologist and director of Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa. A conversion of several factors, some natural and some self-imposed, is leading to recognition that ...

Groundwater is considered both an environmental and industrial resource, but a new study indicates it is also an important resource in disaster prevention. Researchers conducted research surveys of 91 ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

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Over two decades ago, Helena drilled a well to see what aquifers lie beneath the valley floor. It conducted tests and got the well approved as a public water supply, but the project largely went ...