Many of America’s critical sources of underground water are in a state of rapid and accelerating decline, a new study has found. More than half of the aquifers in the United States (53 percent ...

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A dry well, on the other hand, collects a large amount of water and slowly releases it back into the ground. Benjamin Hanley says: 'A dry well is an underground structure that collects water and ...

FAIRMEAD, Calif. (AP) — As California's drought deepens, Elaine Moore’s family is running out of an increasingly precious resource: water. The Central Valley almond growers had two wells go ...

Dry wells and contaminated drinking water mostly affect low-income communities of color. Experts say drought and climate change are making it worse. Central California shoulders the drought's ...

California water officials backed a bill to impose restrictions on where wells can be drilled, seeking to protect drinking water sources. Lawmakers rejected it.

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Great Plains are the nation's breadbasket, but after decades of irrigating crops, the underground water that powers large-scale farming in western Kansas is quickly drying up.