Beneath the surface of virtually every major growing city, a slow-moving crisis is unfolding. Aquifers - the underground ...

Arizona lacks a statewide groundwater withdrawal permitting system. Landowners can pump groundwater under a “reasonable use” mandate. This has, however, led to serious overdraft of groundwater ...

For decades, a costly problem has been worsening beneath California’s San Joaquin Valley: the land has been sinking, driven by the chronic overpumping of groundwater. As agricultural wells have ...