News
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Data from nearly 43,000 monitoring points across 47 countries show that groundwater bodies are out of balance due to pumping and climate change. A few months before the next United Nations water conference, which is due to be held in the United Arab Emirates in December, a study by the... read more...
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The Blue Recharge project, between Italy and Croatia, focuses on an effective and less invasive technique for storing water than dams. And to incentivize it, it is developing “blue credits” based on carbon credits. Find out more Conserving the water beneath our feet: the Adriatic rediscovers groundwater recharge – OBCT read more...
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Aquifer-based geothermal systems can keep data centres cool by using groundwater as a giant natural “thermal battery”, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the US have published a study exploring whether aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) could offer a technically feasible solution for... read more...
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Scientists at the Australian Institute of Marine Science are quantifying the amount of groundwater flowing from the land to the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia to help understand the viability of blue carbon storage solutions to reduce the impacts of climate change. Find out more Groundwater flow could help unlock... read more...
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Mumbai depends significantly on groundwater, supplied by water tankers, to meet its municipal water supply shortfall. However, weak regulation and monitoring has made illegal groundwater extraction rampant across the city. Meanwhile, the municipal corporation is running an aquifer mapping pilot in the upper catchment of the Mithi river with the... read more...
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Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research have investigated how water from streams can be stored in the aquifer during wet periods. Using an area in the lower Spree catchment in Brandenburg as an example, the team used a computer model to show that naturally occurring small basins... read more...
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Film and photographic processing that took place at a film studio in Buckinghamshire may be linked to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) detected at a water treatment works. The former Denham Film Studios operated from 1936 and pictures shot there included Brief Encounter, The Great Escape, Eyes Wide Shut,... read more...
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Countries around the world are grappling with the question of how to effectively use the excess electricity generated by sources like wind and solar when production exceeds immediate demand. In some regions, part of the answer might lie beneath citizens’ feet — in the form of aquifer thermal energy storage... read more...
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Groundwater is vital for many communities. Satellites now track underground water loss, revealing declines before wells run dry. This technology helps understand aquifer health. Regions like the High Plains Aquifer and California’s Central Valley show significant depletion. Early detection allows for better water management and sustainability planning. Newer missions continue... read more...
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The EU Council has formally adopted a directive updating the list of pollutants affecting surface water and groundwater, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and PFAS. The revised rules also tighten environmental standards for several substances and strengthen monitoring across the EU. The EU directive amends the water framework directive, the groundwater directive... read more...
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