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 ...

The San Joaquin Valley recently received some good news about its groundwater: We are replenishing more of it whenever we have the chance. Comparing two recent wet years — 2017 to 2023 — the volume of ...

The State Water Resources Control Board is dramatically raising its fees on groundwater recharge permits. The added compliance costs are creating tension for water districts as they plan for ...

A helicopter drags a hoop used to send and receive electromagnetic signals into the earth above Pine Flat Dam. The process is used to search for ancient river channels for better groundwater recharge.

After years of pervasive declines, groundwater levels rose significantly in much of California last year, boosted by historic wet weather and the state’s expanding efforts to replenish depleted ...

A groundwater recharge project converts flood flows into storage in Kern County. (photo: Department of Water Resources) Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria of Fresno has filed a measure to streamline ...

Thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age, rivers flowed from giant glaciers in the Sierra Nevada down to the Central Valley, carving into rock and gouging channels at a time when the sea level ...

The Alachua County Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of a proposed development for a 75-acre groundwater recharge wetland park in the western part of the county ...

The CGWB reports rising groundwater in Lutyens’ Delhi, recommending revival of 57 tubewells and artificial recharge ...

Rapid population growth in many African countries plus climate change has focused attention on the increased development of groundwater for irrigation and drinking water supplies. Effective governance ...