A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state’s aquifers, even as the thirst for groundwater grows.

Aquifers in an area of low rainfall might take centuries to get refilled. In contrast, shallow aquifers in an area of substantial rainfall may be replenished almost immediately. Thus, climate change, ...

(Editor’s note:This letter refers to the column “What Every Long Islander Needs to Know” in our July 8 edition.)I read the article by Nancy Rauch Douzinas on aquifer pollution in the ...

Pollution from industrial sources and underground gasoline tanks Tapping aquifers that don't naturally replenish themselves Southern California has drawn on water supplies contained in the ground ...

Researchers say holes in the clay that overlays the Memphis aquifer could have let pollutants from as early as the 1940s into the groundwater.

Residents near Trinity Aquifer warn of pollution, ecological impact amid proposed wastewater plant Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance to hold meeting to address concerns over wastewater permit.

Oregon regulators have had decades to tackle the Umatilla Basin's water pollution, but it's only gotten worse Industrial farming is contaminating an aquifer that eastern Oregon residents rely on.

The grit, oils and chemicals that stream off of parking lots built above the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone are supposed to be captured in man-made basins to stop them from seeping into and ...

On Long Island, where 2.7 million residents receive their water from a groundwater aquifer, the figure is less than 1%, Turner said. Nations such as Israel reuse about 90% of their wastewater, he ...