A new study maps the best farmland in Calif.'s Central Valley for groundwater recharge through managed aquifer strategies.

A tour bus filled with water experts, agency directors, biologists, engineers and one news reporter traveled through the ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable ...

In a paper published April 17 in Earth and Space Science, the researchers used electromagnetic geophysical data to identify areas across the Central Valley where water released on the surface could ...

The high water demand falls on the shoulders of the Central Valley aquifer which over time has seen substantial water table declines as well as land subsidence. In addition to concerns around water, ...

Now stripped of its once vast wetlands and nearly sucked dry from the overpumping of groundwater during the West’s increasingly common droughts, the fertile Central Valley in California is in need of ...

That led them to the California Coastal aquifers and the Central Valley, where a high density of old orphan wells overlaps with highly urbanized areas and intensive groundwater use for agriculture.

But other parts of the Central Valley feature dense clay layers that prevent water from seeping into deep aquifers, leading it to evaporate from the surface. If farmland stays saturated too long ...

In parts of California’s Central Valley, so much groundwater has been pumped out of the ground to deal with the region’s persistent drought that the land is starting to sink in. Underground aquifers — ...