Items Tagged with 'aquifer management'

EPA Regional Administrator Cyrus Western said the approval supports both resource development and environmental responsibility

Illinois is setting the pace with tough new rules to protect the Mahomet Aquifer, joining other states that are figuring out how to push carbon capture projects forward without putting critical water supplies at risk.

The decision focuses on the Battle Springs Formation—a deep aquifer in the Great Divide Basin—and clears the way for Lost Creek ISR, LLC, to boost its underground mining efforts.

Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas.

A drilling mishap in Vandiver, Alabama, has left residents without water after a contractor punctured an aquifer—raising fears of long-term damage and contamination.

Scientists from the University of Oregon have mapped this subterranean water reserve and found that it is much larger than previously thought. It holds at least 81 cubic kilometers of water.

On Aug. 2, 2024, the Hualapai Tribe filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in which the tribe claims the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) illegally approved drilling by an Australian mining company around a spring called Ha’Kamwe’ that is sacred to the Hualapai Tribe.

As the largest source of groundwater in the United States, the Ogallala supports crucial agricultural activities across eight states. With increasing pressures from climate change and overuse, sustainable management practices are becoming essential to preserve this vital resource for future generations.

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