"Water Crisis Beneath Our Feet"

America’s water crisis isn’t just in rivers and reservoirs—it’s underground.

Aquifers are being drained faster than they can recover, farmland is at risk, and entire communities could face dry wells.

This is the hidden emergency no one is talking about.
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More groundwater is formed under beech forests than under pine forests. This has been shown by scientists at the Thünen Institute for Forest Ecosystems. This finding is important for drinking water supply and forest conversion in Germany.

Perhaps it's relevant for your country too.

Only in German https://www.thuenen.de/de/newsroom/infothek/wissenschaft-erleben/wissenssnack-wasser-auf-umwegen

#climateaction #climatechange #groundwater #drinkwater #forest

Thuenen: WissensSnack Wasser auf Umwegen

Some P.E.I. farmers say irrigation option 'helps us sleep at night' after last summer's drought
More farmers on Prince Edward Island will be able to use groundwater to irrigate their crops this season, though provincial officials say last summer’s drought isn’t likely to happen again.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-groundwater-high-capacity-wells-irrigation-update-9.7154048?cmp=rss

More than 30 years of InSAR data, historical archaeological data, groundwater level data, and ground fissure data are available on the new Arizona subsidence web app #groundwater

https://azwater.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=3268f02c650645359694c916825ce1b8

Basic

Low Snow Reserves – again.

Switzerland heads into spring with 30–60 % of normal snowpack. Less melt = less groundwater recharge. Rain gauges won't show you what's underground. Direct measurement will.

Suitable sensor devices for LoRaWAN giving insights for soil moisture, groundwater and precipitation in real time: https://www.decentlab.com/products

#Groundwater #SoilMoisture #WaterResources

Over on LinkedIn, my colleague Prof. Wendy Timms has a nice video of her on groundwater recharge fieldwork in the lava caves at Byaduk. Check it out!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wendy-timms-7940b113_come-underground-in-this-rough-cut-quick-ugcPost-7445322531890229248-DkIX

#fieldwork #caves #groundwater #academia

Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN… | Wendy Timms

Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN FAGU with a wide research team. The Australian Research Council funded setup of this National Observatory*. Shout out to local helpers including catchment managers, geotech engineers and gold geologists, my family, and students and uni staff who have ventured into our underground spaces in mines, tunnels and caves for this valuable data (2022-to date). It's a followup to an IAH2025 presentation* on implications of record low soil moisture deficits across parts of Australia for water availability in catchments and basaltic aquifers and associated reports on drip seepage in local mines. Now back to the computer and catching up on desk work.... *The IAH presentation is here with links to download several journal papers and articles: https://lnkd.in/geCsZSji

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#Amazon to pay $20.5 million settlement over northeast #Oregon #nitrate #pollution

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/31/amazon-to-pay-20-5-million-settlement-over-northeast-oregon-nitrate-pollution/

The tech giant has denied allegations that it contributed to contaminated #groundwater in Morrow County impacting well users.

Amazon to pay $20.5 million settlement over northeast Oregon nitrate pollution • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The tech giant has denied allegations that it contributed to contaminated groundwater in Morrow County impacting well users.

Oregon Capital Chronicle
A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security. #groundwater #UK #aquifer #water https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/who-is-protecting-englands-drinking-water/
Who is protecting England’s drinking water?

A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security

Yorkshire Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism
A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security. #groundwater #UK #aquifer #water https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/who-is-protecting-englands-drinking-water/
Who is protecting England’s drinking water?

A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security

Yorkshire Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis
A look at cases where groundwater depletion has rebounded and how: reduced water use, deliberate recharge, switching to alternate supplies. In a few cases ground subsidence has rebounded slightly.

#water #drought #groundwater #sustainability

A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis

Analyzing dozens of cases around the world yields some practical lessons.

Ars Technica