Aquifer bill goes to Pritzker 's desk

Aquifer bill goes to Pritzker 's desk

Legislation that would ban underground carbon sequestration activity within the footprint of the Mahomet Aquifer, a massive source of drinking water for Central Illinois, is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

Edwards Aquifer Authority Issues Stage 5 Restrictions – 710am KURV

Stage 5 restrictions are now in effect for the holders of permits to pump from the Edwards Aquifer. It’s the first time Stage 5 has been reached since the founding of the Edwards Aquifer Authority in 1993. The record low level happened during the severe drought of the mid-1950s, before the authority was founded. Customers of the San Antonio Water System aren’t directly affected, but SAWS is the aquifer’s largest pumper, so the utility faces a re…

Managed Aquifer Recharge on Agriculture Lands: Infiltration Basins, Flood-MAR and Regional Variability

By Sarah Sarfaty Epstein Groundwater has long been the unseen lifeblood of irrigators across the state, and some are now taking an active role in replenishing it. When and where surface water has been insufficient, Californians have drilled down, steadily depleting the aquifer, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Groundwater Diagram (Credit: USGS) California’s…