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 ...

TOPEKA — A House bill would allocate an additional $20 million annually to the Kansas Water Plan fund to support projects for ...

The State of Texas is facing a severe water shortage, with cities in the state potentially running out of water by 2030, according to the Texas Water Development Board’s 2022 water plan.

WT AmeriCorps partnered with Ogallala Life in an ongoing creek restoration effort at Wildcat Bluff Discovery Center.

Texas wineries are and have been impacted on a daily basis by women. It’s time these contributions have been brought to the ...

The state’s water supply faces numerous threats. And by one estimate, the state’s municipal supply will not meet demand by 2030 if there’s a severe drought and no water solutions are implemented.

The Great Plains are home to some of the largest cotton and wheat harvests in the United States. The eight-state region is also home to the country’s biggest cattle ...

The formations act as giant tubs that hold and filter the water. The largest is the Ogallala Aquifer underneath the Panhandle and West Texas. It is also the biggest aquifer in the U.S., and Texas ...

Representatives and supporters of the bill cited the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer in Kansas, and the associated hardships, as a reason for the bill. Rep. Cindy Golding, who helped author ...