Micro(nano)plastics disperse in groundwater systems via mechanical transport, physicochemical transport, and biological ...

Accelerating sea level rise has also meant a rise in shallow fresh groundwater in California, putting water supplies at risk from exposure to pollution. Scientists employed a new method to assess that ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has revised the Port of Morrow’s groundwater contamination fine to $2.1 million after finding additional wastewater violations. On Friday, the agency ...

More than a decade ago, UC Davis released a groundbreaking report about the growing human health threat from groundwater contamination. It revealed that hundreds of thousands of Californians rely on ...

This column was submitted as an entry for CalMatters’ inaugural Earth Day Op-Ed Contest. The effects of climate change in Ventura County are threatening a precious local resource: groundwater. About ...

It seems obvious that if you dig or drill into the soil, at some point you will hit groundwater. Drill deep enough and you will reach an aquifer containing enormous amounts of fresh water. After this ...

More than 90 percent of the country’s coal plants are contaminating water across 43 states, according to a new report. And nearly half of them have no plans to clean up the mess. The study, released ...

Nearly every shuttered landfill that state regulators monitor in Minnesota has contaminated groundwater sources with chemicals known as PFAS, according to new findings released Thursday. More than ...

A recent analysis has revealed that India’s groundwater contains pollutants in excess of permissible limits. This contamination is driven by both natural geochemical processes and human activities ...