Groundwater provides drinking water for millions of Americans and is the primary source of water to irrigate cropland in many of the nations most productive agricultural settings. Although the ...

The growing conflict over water for people and fish has brought new emphasis to an old standard for land development projects — how land use changes impact groundwater recharge and groundwater ...

The Colorado River makes life possible in many Western cities and supports agriculture that sustains people throughout the country. Most of the river's water begins as snowmelt from the mountainous ...

Catchment hydrology, as a discipline, examines the complex movement, storage and distribution of water within a defined drainage basin. A key aspect of this field is the study of baseflow ...

Every spring, high-country streams and rivers in the American West begin to swell with water as the region’s snowpack starts to dissipate. It’s easy to assume that the liquid flowing in these water ...

Climate change is resulting in shifts in hydrologic regimes that are increasingly accompanied by intensified extremes, including heavy rain events and prolonged drought periods. Watersheds in ...

Urbanization includes wastewater collection and conveyance infrastructure, which alters water budgets and streamflow hydrographs. One unique component of the urban water cycle is inflow and ...

Groundwater supports streamflow and ecosystems in semi-arid, montane catchments, which are environments considered particularly sensitive to climate change. Despite its importance, the relationship ...

The UC Davis management tool is hoped to offer benefits for habitat for fish like the coho salmon and farmers and ranchers. A team of University of California, Davis, scientists is developing a ...

Groundwater pumping in the last century has contributed as much as 50% to stream flow declines in some US rivers. This is the first study to examine the impact of past groundwater pumping across the ...

In mountain regions like the Rockies, headwater streams make up more than 70% of the river network and support the downstream waterways and communities. These headwaters are also home to many forms of ...