For bedrock aquifers where groundwater exploration can be expensive, groundwater budgets can be created using existing geospatial and rock core data available at Iowa Geological Survey.

Bedrock aquifers are underground rock formations that can store water. The layers of limestone, dolomite and sandstone that make up Iowa's aquifers range from 5,200 feet deep in Southwest Iowa to ...

With water-guzzling data centers popping up across Iowa and a multi-year drought causing more farmers to use irrigation systems, Iowa’s underground aquifers are being tapped more frequently. The ...

Though Iowa broke a four-year drought in May of last year, he says dry conditions are still impacting water levels in ...

The project “threatens to drain our aquifers and create a looming water crisis in Iowa,” Jessica Mazour, the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter’s conservation coordinator, said Thursday in an online ...

As many parts of Iowa are in a 4-year drought and some water systems are now requiring customers to conserve water, TV9 took an in-depth look at the state of Iowa’s water resources.

"Over the long haul, we overapply nitrogen to our crops, and that surplus has got to go somewhere," said Chris Jones, a former hydroscience engineer and researcher for the University of Iowa. "It ...