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 ...

If you grew up in the Inland Northwest, chances are you learned about the massive underground Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer in your school days. It’s gained a sort of mythical status in the ...

The Memphis aquifer, the primary drinking water source for Shelby County, has naturally occurring breaches in its protective clay layer. Pollutants from as far back as the 1940s could be entering the ...

Where drinking water comes from and what it contains may affect Parkinson's disease risk, a recent study suggests.

The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant vigil for earthquakes. Now ...