On a clear November day in east-central Nebraska’s Platte County, Hemmer dowses a small tract of farmland in search of a replacement spot for a collapsed irrigation well that pumped 550 gallons per ...

BOTH the subject and the method of treatment of the Theory of Water Finding by the Divining Rod, by Mr. B. Tompkins, W.F., are so unlike what are usually met with by those gentlemen whom you, Mr.

Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

There are numerous studies that show dowsing is no more effective at discovering water or whatever than pure chance or a guess. Sometimes dowsing is referred to as divining. In the US and elsewhere ...

Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D. student and science ...

Ten out of 12 water utilities in the United Kingdom admitted that their technicians use divining rods to find underground leaks or water pipes, according to an investigation by science blogger Sally ...

Most Ozarkians have heard of dowsing, an ancient method of locating graves and underground flowing water. The technique has been used in this region since settlers arrived in the early 1800s, and it ...

South West Water has done a U-bend on claims that is uses ancient water dowsing techniques to find leaks. In a tweet to science writer Sally Le Page for an article she wrote for Medium.com, the water ...

Far more than the nationalistic glory it yearns for, the Arab world needs water. The Middle East thirsted when Moses “smote the rock twice: and the water came out,” and it thirsts now. By and large, ...

The following article was written expressly for the Crimson by Professor D. H. McLaughlin, instructor of mining engineering in the Harvard Engineering School. He explains the development of ...