groundwater

A recent study shows that groundwater could decrease by a third in the Colorado River Basin in the next 30 years due to climate change.

Applications to drill eight high capacity water wells in Laramie County continue to move forward, even though, last fall, a control area advisory board recommended they be rejected. Since then, the case's hearing examiner submitted an 85-page proposed order to the state engineer recommending the water wells be approved.

A bill has passed out of committee that would require applicants interested in drilling water wells to prove the wells wouldn’t deplete their neighbors’ streams and wells. Right now, the neighbors have to prove it would hurt them.

Five members of a Wyoming state engineer's advisory board recommended rejecting eight permits to drill high capacity water wells in Laramie County. The case has driven a wedge between neighbors since 2019.

This summer, drought reigns supreme across the West. A reminder that, here, water is valuable. One source, though, seems safely tucked away--groundwater. But is it? Ranchers in southeast Wyoming are fighting to protect their groundwater, as one family aims to pump billions of gallons out of it. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards reports.

The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) is studying groundwater quality across the state.WSGS hydrogeologist Karl Taboga said the goal was to identify…

The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has published a new report that examines groundwater in Northeast Wyoming. The study looks at groundwater…

On a sunny and warm Friday in Northeast Wyoming, Levi Jensen and I drove east on Highway 51 out of Gillette.Jensen is a utility project manager for the…

Better data, more reservoir capacity and river restoration are among the priorities outlined in Wyoming’s new water strategy. Governor Matt Mead’s office…

Governor Matt Mead is committing $400,000 dollars for water delivery to households with cisterns in the Pavillion area. Residents have long complained of…