The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. In recent decades, however, the overpumping of groundwater, combined with drought, has caused some aquifers to permanently lose their essential storage capacity.
With the hope of providing better tools to water resource managers to keep aquifers healthy, scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and affiliated with Arizona State University (ASU) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are using the latest space technology to measure this precious natural resource.
“Periods of drought have long-term effects on groundwater supplies and
