New Mexico lawmakers are sponsoring legislation, authorizing the Water 2025 grant program, as a way to provide communities and water systems with a means to gain federal assistance for water-related projects.
The National Ground Water Association and the Irrigation Association have signed an agreement that will support efforts to address mutual areas of interest such as scientific, technical and policy issues related to ground water and wells.
The construction of Serendib Flour Mills' mill buildings and silos at the northern end of Colombo Port in Sri Lanka required the installation of 634 32-inch piles.
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a report describing the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water and drinking-water supply wells across the nation. The report concludes that VOCs were detected in aquifers across the nation and not limited to just a few specific aquifers or regions.
Two Australian gold miners, trapped 3,000 feet underground for two weeks, walked out of the mine early May 9, rescued by teams working around the clock.
Scientists aboard the research drilling ship JOIDES Resolution have, for the first time, drilled into a fossil magma chamber under intact ocean crust. There, nearly a mile beneath the sea floor, they have recovered samples of gabbro - a hard, black rock that forms when molten magma is trapped beneath Earth's surface and cools slowly.