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The Ogallala Aquifer accounts for nearly a third of the crop and animal production in the country. But we’re using too much of its water.

The Ogallala Aquifer accounts for nearly a third of the crop and animal production in the country. But we’re using too much of its water.

Wallace County — The Ogallala Aquifer has a visibility problem. It’s easy to see when drought, farm irrigation and city taps drain the great reservoirs of the Southwest. Bathtub rings paint ...

Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for everything from drinking to irrigation fell more than a foot last year, Kansas Geological Survey scientists said Tuesday. The ...

The Ogallala Aquifer is a critical source of water in western Kansas, and it’s running dry. It plays a major role in the daily lives of all Kansans.

Water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer continue to plummet as farm irrigation swallows an average of more than 2 billion gallons of groundwater per day statewide. But after decades of mostly inaction… ...

The Ogallala aquifer is a critical source of water in western Kansas, and it’s running dry. It plays a major role in the daily lives of Kansans, even for people ...

SHERIDAN COUNTY, Kansas — Hydraulic pumps and mechanized irrigation equipment gave America’s Great Plains farmers access to seemingly limitless subterranean water wealth: the Ogallala Aquifer. Six ...

The Ogallala is a finite water source. Now the eight-state, $30 billion agriculture and livestock industry that has relied on the aquifer for its own wealth and to produce one-fifth of the nation’s ...

Hopefully not . . . But right now here's a glimpse at a VERY REAL CRISIS that can actually be measured . . . Unlike most ...