Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many ...

The subterranean aquifer takes in mass amounts of snowmelt and rainwater, where it percolates for seven to 10 years before fueling many of Oregon’s most famous rivers through gushing springs.

Namibia’s minister of agriculture, water and land reform, Carl-Hermann Schlettwein, said in June 2024 that his priority was to make sure that the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System would not ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, a vital freshwater resource in southern Africa, is threatened by mining activities. Uranium, petroleum, and rare ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State and city lawmakers and community leaders are backing legislation that would prohibit landfills from being built over aquifers. Lawmakers said they introduced bills ...

Researchers from the University of Oregon and other institutions have identified an aquifer—a layer of water-saturated rock or sediment—beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central ...

Atop the Oregon Cascades, team finds a huge buried aquifer Date: January 13, 2025 Source: University of Oregon Summary: Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at ...

The combined extraction of oil and gas, uranium leach mining and rare earth heavy metal mining could contaminate the aquifer. Each licence is different and is determined by the country issuing it.

“Placing a solid waste landfill over our city’s aquifer would be both counterproductive and reckless,” she said in a statement. “After the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leak in my ...

This huge aquifer, stored underneath volcanic rocks deep within the mountains, contains some 19.4 cubic miles of water, or roughly 21,400,000,000,000 gallons, according to a new paper in the ...