The Inner Harbor desalination plant — put on an indefinite hold in September — is returning to the Corpus Christi City Council for discussion.

Denver Basin aquifers, like the Ogallala, get little replenishment from mountain snows. Instead of growing corn or potatoes, the water goes to urban needs in one of America’s wealthier areas.

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here.

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As drought and demand affect water resources ...

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park.

Two men take on the challenge of finding groundwater and building a well without any modern technology. They dig, carve, and carefully shape the structure until water begins to flow. This project ...

Scientists may have uncovered an unexpected lifeline beneath the Atlantic Ocean: vast reservoirs of freshwater hidden below the seafloor of the northeastern United States. The discovery could reshape ...

In Palmer Lake, the crux of the community's opposition to the development of a Buc-ee's was groundwater scarcity.

The 3,709-acre sanctuary near Palm Desert, set aside within the Coachella Valley Preserve by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, protects fragile dune ecosystems and the federally threatened fringe-toed ...

In relatively dry southern Colorado, they also provide a secondary round of water storage. The first round is Colorado’s snowpack, which, as it melts, feeds groundwater that fens’ spongy peat captures ...

Graduate students at UT-Arlington are developing a way to cool data centers without draining finite water supplies. The technology is expected to save both water and electricity. Sai Abhideep Pundla ...