EditorialLandscaping and a stone filled ditch that captures stormwater runoff to help recharge the aquifer, in Montebello, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, Jan. 11, 2023. (Mette Lampcov/The New York Times)
EditorialA sediment sample taken from some 140 feet deep at Riverview Farm Park in Newport News, Va., where a planned recharge well will inject additional treated wastewater into the Potomac Aquifer, on Oct. 18, 2022. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Rhoades, manager of Mendocino?s aquifer, stands next to a water storage tank in Mendocino, Calif., where many wells have dried up, Aug. 7, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialRobert Knight, an environmental scientist, at the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute in High Springs, Fla. on Jan. 29, 2020. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times)