Small towns struggle in the region, where the Ogallala aquifer is pumped for irrigation. I cross over the state line into Clovis, a city with ambition but not enough water. Irrigation has drawn ...

Calling the Ogallala Aquifer “critical to the viability ... Texas and a $33 million loss for Kansas agriculture by 2050. Irrigation in the High Plains began in the 1940s, with increasing ...

“Even a 5% improvement in irrigation efficiency can translate into thousands of gallons of water saved per pivot each season, ...

Industrial agriculture on the Great Plains began in the 1950s when mechanized pumps and sprinkler irrigation systems allowed trillions of gallons of water to be pulled each year from the Ogallala ...

The Ogallala Aquifer has been in decline since the mid-20th Century. After World War II, a boom in groundwater irrigation transformed arid western Kansas into an agricultural powerhouse.

Topeka? Massive irrigation in western Kansas is depleting the Ogallala Aquifer from 5 percent to 7 percent every 25 years, according to a new report by the Kansas Geological Survey. “We have a ...

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by ...

The 75 counties that fall within the Ogallala Aquifer are bordered in light blue ... Likewise, fresh groundwater withdrawals for irrigation have gone up 20 percent in Texas Ogallala and have gone down ...

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