Florida, famously known as the Sunshine State, might better be called the Water State: In addition to being surrounded by water on three sides and crossed by nearly 26,000 miles of rivers, the ...

Georgia will allow some farmers in the southwest part of the state to drill new irrigation wells into the Florida aquifer starting in 2025. The state will begin accepting applications for new ...

MULBERRY, Fla. -- Officials said a massive sinkhole in Florida has allowed millions of gallons of radioactive water to pour into one of the world's most productive aquifers. The sinkhole was found by ...

The state’s politicians and water managers need to make sure that groundwater extractions are monitored and paid for. Florida needs to protect its aquifer. Manatee Springs State Park produces 100 ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the water management districts have created minimum flows and levels — commonly referred to as MFLs — for imperiled aquifer/spring/river systems.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A sinkhole has opened up in Mulberry, Florida underneath a storage pond for wastewater from a fertilizer plant, draining an estimated 980 million liters (215 million gallons) of contaminated water ...