Imagine biting into a juicy almond or savoring a sweet strawberry, only to realize that each mouthful comes at a hidden cost.

Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources ... In the Sonoma Valley, a region heavily pumped by wells to irrigate vineyards, groundwater supplies have trended downward.

The board’s decision is the latest evolution of the county’s years-long legal battle with environmental advocates that has thrown the county’s ability to issue groundwater well permits into limbo.

They truck water in, but it’s expensive. And each day, they turn on that tap and wonder if they’ll run out before the next delivery arrives.

The program was launched in 2021 to provide free replacement water for nitrate-impacted wells in the Central Valley.

Domestic well owners pumping from the Paso Robles groundwater basin will not be charged water use fees for at least five years.

Where California's towering ... forced to impose restrictions on groundwater pumping as aquifer levels drop. Some farmers now drill increasingly deeper wells, driving up costs and depleting ...

OceanWell claims its method is less expensive than regular desalination, because it uses so much less energy, and energy is the single greatest expense. The company’s next step is to test its system ...

The Bryan-Bulloch Groundwater Sustainability Program is expanding its efforts to support residents with new resources and ...

“Idle oil wells in California act as a major source of methane gas emissions, ground water contamination and air pollution. The facts are clear — this serious problem is getting worse and can’t be ...

In 2022, the water level in nearly half of monitored groundwater ... were found for wells located west of the Mississippi River, with concentrations in the High Plains, California’s Central ...

Since the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) Nitrate Control Program began four years ago, more than 9,000 wells in Priority 1 basins — groundwater ...