About a quarter of a million people left the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, but for the families who stayed, hope lay in a massive aquifer of clean, fresh water right beneath their ...

Brownie Wilson of the Kansas Geological Survey uses a metal measuring tape to determine the depth of the aquifer’s water level in western Kansas. Statewide aquifer levels dropped by nearly two feet ...

Sometimes we get viewer questions we can answer and sometimes we get questions that make us say... now, that’s a good question! Such was the case here, as Martha asked the KSAT Weather team why the ...

A depth-to-water map of northeastern Nebraska, showing the new Keystone XL route (yellow), the original route (orange) and the Sandhills (in green). Lighter areas have a high water table (depth to ...

On the northeast side of San Antonio, in a conserved area of Bexar County, Chuck Crawford lowers a massive measuring tape into a deep well. The tape plunges down for several moments, zipping past 50 ...

The new technique will map the top of the aquifer, called the 'water table,' spanning areas as large as hundreds of kilometers using a radar mounted on a high-altitude aircraft. According to the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Though heavy rain Monday did not fall in the right places to boost Lake Travis levels, it did fall in the right area to help refill an underground lake that more than 60,000 people ...

The Jordan aquifer provides water to about a half-million users in Iowa%2C and it%27s being drawn down in some areas of the state faster than it can recharge. Cities%2C businesses and other users ...

Fill up a glass of water to quench your thirst. Wonder where it comes from? Chances are it’s from underground water sources called aquifers, which provide fresh water for most people on Earth. Unlike ...