Mark Haubner First, the Numbers The Suffolk County Water Authority presentation in Southold June 12 offered the number, 93 ...

State law requires well operators to send in usage reports, but many say they draw only what their permit allows, or don’t ...

The region’s rapid growth — driven by poultry farms, marijuana farming, and a tourism boom in Hochatown — is putting pressure ...

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis.

This irrigation well on Faurot’s farm in Scott County, Kansas, goes down to 180 feet, tapping into the Ogallala Aquifer at around 139 feet. By Nick Rex Centerpiece ...

The Ogallala Aquifer provides irrigation for 30% of all farmland in the U.S., including western Oklahoma. According to water and irrigation specialists with Oklahoma State University Agriculture, ...

According to the Kansas Geological Survey, the Ogallala Aquifer supplies 70% to 80% of the water Kansans use daily. ... have also seen a decline largely due to irrigation.

The Ogallala Aquifer provides irrigation for 30% of all farmland in the U.S., including western Oklahoma. According to water and irrigation specialists with ...

All told, the Ogallala supports an agriculture industry worth $35 billion. Because of limited precipitation, the Ogallala as it has been managed is essentially a finite resource, a bank account slowly ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Ogallala Aquifer dropped again in 2024, ... said it’s because of explosive growth in feedlots and crop irrigation with no conservation.

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.

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.