A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...

Chloride and nitrate concentrations are rising and arsenic levels are holding steady or falling. Those are two of the conclusions from a U.S. Geological Survey assessment of changes in the nation’s ...

The first-of-its-kind study provides insight into the risk of PFAS contamination in areas where little monitoring has been done. Over 20 percent of the nation’s population could be drinking ...

PEMBROKE, NH — The first national estimates of naturally occurring lithium in groundwater that can be used for drinking water were recently published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS-led study ...

Declining groundwater supplies are an issue for communities around the globe, but a UC Santa Barbara Professor's ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sustainable rates of groundwater withdrawal in Oregon’s Harney Basin were surpassed 20 years prior to the time declining groundwater levels were generally recognized, a new ...

A recent study being presented today at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines variances in groundwater quality between 1988 and 2022 at several locations across the ...

A study conducted by the US Geological Survey shows that unconventional oil and gas production in some areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas is not currently a significant source of methane or ...

Groundwater levels are declining in an aquifer that serves parts of Kansas and seven other states, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey. The report documents changes in groundwater ...