The region’s severe drought has created an unexpected silver lining for some local businesses, with irrigation and ...

PITTSBURGH — In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was ...

HONOLULU (ISLAND NEWS) -- As the Board of Water Supply continues drilling on a second well to monitor for Red Hill fuel contamination, there are also long-term plans to drill what's called an ...

Tens of thousands of homes in southeastern Colorado draw water from private wells. They tap into aquifers stressed by drought and growing demand, like in the Denver Basin or San Luis Valley. But the ...

In farming areas across the Central Valley, a well-drilling frenzy has accelerated over the last year as growers turn to pumping more groundwater during the drought, even as falling water levels leave ...