“Missoula sits on a tremendous aquifer, we do have such abundant groundwater supply, and it gets fed from various sources,” said Ray Nickless, a hydrologist for the National Weather Service ...

KALISPELL, Mont. - Hydrogeologists John Wheaton and James Rose are part of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Over the past few years they have been studying the aquifer that serves the ...

Researchers say holes in the clay that overlays the Memphis aquifer could have let pollutants from as early as the 1940s into the groundwater.

A new study into the mysteries of the Madison aquifer, the go-to source for quality water in northcentral Montana, has turned up new findings, including that it’s replenished from a much larger ...

Montana’s wide-open spaces and fluctuating climate make water a precious resource. Across the state, irrigation is central ...

Drilling for coalbed methane will lower aquifers in southeastern Montana and reduce groundwater flows to rivers and springs, a recently published study said. And it could take as long as 200 years ...