Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive ...

There are a large number of methods commercially used to bore a hole into the ground for the sake of extracting drinking water, and the all require big loud equipment. But what if you just want a ...

UNICEF and partners are using remote sensing to locate and extract groundwater in drought-prone regions of Ethiopia and Madagascar — and looking to expand the project to help more communities address ...

When I was a child growing up in California, my father borrowed money to buy five acres of pastureland. It had never been cultivated and was used to graze dairy cows. My father had decided to grow ...

Since the first oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was built in 14 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana in 1938, offshore oil and gas companies have drilled in ever deeper waters to prospect for black ...

HONOLULU (ISLAND NEWS) -- As the Board of Water Supply continues drilling on a second well to monitor for Red Hill fuel contamination, there are also long-term plans to drill what's called an ...

In 2014, California adopted a landmark law aimed at combating excessive groundwater pumping, especially in farming areas of the San Joaquin Valley where many families were seeing their wells sputter ...

From the Reporter-Herald photo archives at the Loveland Museum: “Well coming — Chuck Gross of Hersh and Sons Well Drilling of Loveland sent his water-drilling rig 500 feet into the granite last week ...