As groundwater is lost, food prices could rise in the U.S.

One of the most consequential environmental laws in state history turned 10 years old last month. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act remains, like the ...

By Edward Carver Globally, about half of drinking water and a quarter of irrigation water comes from under the ground. Yet ...

California’s historic 2023 rainy season was a massive boost to the state’s groundwater supply, according to the California Department of Water Resources. The agency said the 2023 water year was the ...

Groundwater systems are critically important for communities in mountainous areas such as Missoula, according to new research from the University of Montana.

After years of pervasive declines, groundwater levels rose significantly in much of California last year, boosted by historic wet weather and the state’s expanding efforts to replenish depleted ...

Generally, when you hear “water use” and “sustainability,” you expect those words to be followed by some bad news. Humanity’s enduring ability to ignore the math of declining water supplies is almost ...

Water is one of our state’s most precious commodities. That’s why its discouraging that efforts to track groundwater use failed in the Legislature. According to reporting by The Frontier, two bills ...

The longtime owner of a Yolo County mainstay farm is being acknowledged for her efforts — but not in farming. Annie Main, co-founder of Good Humus Farm in Capay, said she never expected to spend her ...