A new state-led effort to test some wells for nitrate found 15% had levels the EPA considers unsafe. Some 40% had levels ...

The tension over water for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge has lasted for decades. But recently, water users made progress ...

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Some rural areas have excessive nitrate levels along with high infant disease levels, but people are slow to respond to ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are trying for a second year to require commercial users to more accurately track water usage.

A newly introduced bill and judicial review could stall some damage, but a number of U.S. producers will likely still feel ...

Soaking in the 105-degree pool at Moccasin Springs in Hot Springs, S.D., with my wife recently offered plenty of time for ...

The reality of drought means when there is less available water from the atmosphere more is used from groundwater to support Oklahoma’s agricultural efforts. In that sense, water isn’t exactly a ...

The probable demise of the Lava Ridge wind power project has been the prompt for a raft of celebration by Idaho’s top elected ...

Residents in Vandiver, Alabama, are facing a water crisis after an underground drilling project by Alabama Power damaged an aquifer. Several private wells have run dry or seen significant drops in ...