A dry well, on the other hand, collects a large amount of water and slowly releases it back into the ground. Benjamin Hanley ...

“We’re finding that in dry places where a large portion of ... which helped take the strain off of underground wells. Thanks to those reforms, El Dorado and its surrounding county stand ...

Even as declining groundwater levels have left thousands of residents with dry wells and caused the ground to sink, counties have continued granting permits for agricultural landowners to drill ...

TOMBSTONE TERRITORY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A community that has suffered years of unsafe well water and dry taps will celebrate breaking ground on a long-awaited project to connect residents to ...

“The well guys and I have never seen anything ... where officials had to ensure they were replenishing underground aquifers and not pumping them dry. The laws governing the so-called active ...

“It’s so dry I think it’s going out just as fast as we’re putting it in. So, we’re watering the ground around us as well, trying to get water into our house which is a little frustrating ...

When that ground sinks, it can damage houses ... Water levels started dropping fast about a decade ago, her neighbors' well went dry, and her own family decided to make changes in their lifestyle ...