The places of use (POUs), X (red), Y (blue), and Z (yellow) paired with the OpenET fields 1, 2, and 3 using spatial intersection in Diamond Valley, Nevada. This is an illustration of a one-to-one ...

Drought is a widespread concern in the Western U.S., and water managers across the region are developing groundwater management plans to conserve the essential resource. Groundwater is often pumped to ...

Measuring groundwater depths helps the state monitor how fast resources are depleting in different areas.

Most people think of water as something that flows visibly: rivers, lakes, rain falling on rooftops. The water hidden ...

BENEATH OUR FEET. REPORTER: FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES, SCIENTISTS WITH NASA HAVE BEEN USING A PAIR OF SATELLITES WITH HIGHLY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS TO LOOK FOR CHANGES IN SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ALL ...

Water flows downhill. It’s a basic reality now playing out 500 feet below the surface of California’s farmland everywhere from the fertile Central Valley to the citrus orchards of Riverside and San ...

The water spigots on California farms will soon be twisted tighter. As the state faces a growing threat from drought, an increasing number of water agencies are planning to require flow meters on ...

The first steps toward possible state control of groundwater pumping in Kings County were derailed under a ruling issued July 15 that said the Water Resources Control Board had overstepped its bounds ...

Maps and photos of the study areas, Diamond Valley, Nevada (left), and Harney Basin, Oregon (right). The figure on the far-left shows Diamond Valley evapotranspiration (ET) image data (raster view) ...