Meteorologist Kristen Currie spoke with Mitchell Sodek with the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District to discuss ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ” The Hot Springs Lodge and Pool has proposed a city ordinance to protect against possible damage to the area’s geothermal aquifer. The ordinance would require permitting for ...

Over the past decade, local farms have been pumping the aquifer near Silver Springs State Park to irrigate their crops. This pumping of the aquifer has been a controversial topic between not only ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is making history, declaring a Stage 3 Exceptional Drought on September 12, 2025. This is only the second time the district has ...

Thanks to recent rains, the agency is shifting to Stage 2 restrictions. That means SAWS and other users can pump up to 70% of ...

The aquifer that feeds Barton Springs and provides water to about 100,000 South Austin residents is looking a little dry. The Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District declared an ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer District hit a critical drought, or stage three, level for the first time in nine years. The critical drought declaration was made on Thursday after ...

Open most of the year, Krause Springs remains one of Central Texas' most popular swimming holes, having never gone dry even in years of extreme drought.

Fearing the state has sanctioned further harm to one of Florida’s first tourism treasures, Silver Springs, two environmental groups are seeking to overturn an aquifer-pumping permit issued to a ranch ...

Everyone living in and visiting Florida has an “aquifer footprint.” Your aquifer footprint is measured by the amount of groundwater you use and your individual contribution of nitrate-nitrogen to the ...

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