Groundwater recharge basins collect excess runoff during heavy rains and allow the water to infiltrate into the soil and replenish the groundwater supply. Fisher’s lab conducted experiments at ...

Water security is essential for the sustainability of healthy human populations, economic growth, and the stability of communities and nations. Approximately 30% of all freshwater on Earth exists as ...

The State Water Resources Control Board is dramatically raising its fees on groundwater recharge permits. The added compliance costs are creating tension for water districts as they plan for ...

The Alachua County Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of a proposed development for a 75-acre groundwater recharge wetland park in the western part of the county ...

A groundwater recharge project converts flood flows into storage in Kern County. (photo: Department of Water Resources) Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria of Fresno has filed a measure to streamline ...

The San Joaquin Valley recently received some good news about its groundwater: We are replenishing more of it whenever we have the chance. Comparing two recent wet years — 2017 to 2023 — the volume of ...

Groundwater is a major source of water in India, used extensively to support agriculture and other sectors, while also ...

India's annual groundwater recharge saw a slight increase in 2025, yet nearly a quarter of assessment units remain in ...

Reporting from FRESNO — Gary Serrato watched as a tractor worked its way across a field of dried-up weeds, slicing the sandy dirt into orderly furrows. The field was being readied not for a crop but ...

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