California has also recently mapped large portions of the state’s aquifers. Using a helicopter equipped with a ground-penetrating electromagnetic imaging system, state officials scanned up to ...

Over the past two decades, groundwater levels in California have been steadily falling, despite aquifers being periodically recharged naturally by snowmelt and rainfall, according to a 2022 study ...

“This is an immense opportunity to help recharge these depleted aquifers.” In a new study, scientists begin to map underground channels that are optimal areas for recharging California’s ...

California is trying to capture a lot of this year's flood waters. The state's governor, Gavin Newsom, signed an executive order aimed at fast-tracking new recharge projects. Still, in this area ...

While the state’s giant reservoirs and towering piles of snow in the Sierra Nevada get more attention, California’s groundwater aquifers can hold vastly more water — eight to 12 times as ...

California’s warming climate also means thirstier trees and an increasing reliance on groundwater, especially during drought. UC researchers found that farms pumped 27% more water from aquifers last ...

Reasons to Be Cheerful dives into how flooding in California was turned into an opportunity to revive some of the state’s underground aquifers Christine Gemperle with her flooded almond farm ...

became interested in identifying the fastest ways to replenish California’s groundwater using managed aquifer recharge. This technique involves flooding a piece of land with excess surface water ...

“We are more connected than disconnected.” This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How California’s farmers can recharge the aquifers they’ve drained on May ...

In parts of California’s Central Valley, so much groundwater has been pumped out of the ground to deal with the region’s persistent drought that the land is starting to sink in. Underground aquifers — ...