This map shows the areas of northeast Iowa where Karst bedrock is likely to occur. Shallow wells located in areas of Karst bedrock can have poor water quality. The darker shaded areas are those where ...

Southwest Florida's waterways have been hit hard with red tide, Lake Okeechobee discharges and now algae blooms. I believe this crisis is so severe that all potential solutions should be considered.

Farmers in Pasuruan have long dug deep wells for irrigation, relying on the region’s volcanic aquifer to keep supplying plentiful water. But the wells are crude structures that lack a shutoff valve, ...

Groundwater constitutes a critical component of our water resources. Widespread groundwater level declines have occurred in the USA over recent decades, including in regions not typically considered ...

The South Florida Water Management District unveiled new plans this week to prevent the algae crisis, by sending Lake Okeechobee overflow underground deep injection wells. The wells involve drilling 3 ...

When it comes to preventing discharges from Lake Okeechobee, shouldn't every option be on the table? Or are some options designed to crowd out others? Last week, officials with the South Florida Water ...

Accurate prediction of bottomhole circulating temperatures (BHCT) and bottomhole static temperatures (BHST) is important during drilling and completion of oil and gas wells. These downhole ...

SINCE the question of the supply of water to deep wells was touched upon in NATURE (vol. vii. p. 177), in connection with the rainfall of 1872, I have been in hopes each week of seeing the subject ...

Earlier this year, more than 200 million gallons of untreated wastewater were discharged into local waters because of a leak at Piney Point, a former phosphate mining facility in Manatee County, ...

Burlington Resources' 25,855-foot well in central Wyoming, one of the deepest ever drilled, has proved to be a dud. The Houston-based independent oil and gas company said Tuesday that recent tests of ...

Increasing access to water in extremely arid parts of sub-Saharan Africa can help nomadic livestock farmers in the short term. However, in the long run, it may lead to serious consequences for their ...