A drier 'new normal' is forcing US farmers to dig deeper wells. That affects water tables and municipal supplies, and, if climatologists are right about global warming, it could also mean more ...

Three weeks after digging began, archaeologists reported on Monday they had hit a linoleum and concrete floor just above the water table. "May have to stop the dig just when we found old parts ...

The dig ended abruptly in late July, after a little over three weeks of excavation. The archaeologists had reached the water table, the point beyond which, no matter how far they continued to dig ...

"The water tables have dropped about 20 feet," said Dave McCullough, a fifth-generation well driller. He says his crews are working non-stop, making repairs, drilling deeper to locate the water ...

They’re digging about 16 well pumps a day, which are a two to three-hour jobs, so they’re staying busy. The mid-90 temperatures in Cape Coral are not helpful either. Rain is the only thing ...

When water table declines, more subsidised energy is required to pump the same volume of water. Between 4th and 5th MI Censuses, the number of wells increased by 3-4%, but the energy used for ...

The long-term drought that is unlocking disaster aid for 40 percent of America’s most fertile hillocks and valleys has turned central Georgia into what Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen ...