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SACRAMENTO - Groundwater levels are on the decline worldwide and one of the areas seeing the biggest change is right here in our own backyard. A study in Journal Nature found groundwater levels ...

A decade and a half later, it dropped to 140 feet. Until 1971, groundwater below the earth’s surface was the only source of water in the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada Water Authority ...

It’s the first study to piece together what’s happening to groundwater levels at a global scale, according to the researchers involved, and will help scientists better understand what impact ...

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Groundwater wells in Southern Nevada have maintained stable water levels over the past two years, officials said, defying a trend of ...

Decades ago, chemicals from manufacturing plants seeped into the groundwater in the San Fernando Valley, contaminating the aquifer. As part of ongoing cleanup efforts, the federal Environmental ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Arizona's water management policies have led to significant groundwater gains in Central Arizona, saving 10.5 cubic kilometers of groundwater from 1989 to 2019 ...