DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. — Little-understood groundwater flows and mining in this desert region don’t mix — a complexity some feel is lost on a federal administration focused on “energy dominance ...

The Bureau of Land Management studied the project’s impact on groundwater, but misplaced a decimal in determining the capacity of nearby aquifers to release groundwater. (CN) — A federal judge halted ...

While no precise figures show how much groundwater is used, on average, Californians overdraft their aquifers — that is, they pull more water out of the ground than they put back in — to the tune of ...

Subscriber exclusive: California’s epic drought has put major rivers and aqueducts largely off limits to agriculture. In the meantime, growers have ramped up their pumps. On the parched west side of ...