The Ogallala Aquifer was formed more than 25,000 years ago, but it recharges at a very low rate. For years, irrigators in Kansas have drained more from the aquifer than rainfall can replace.

The Ogallala Aquifer suffered its second-worst drop since at least 2000 in a 16-county swath of the Texas Panhandle, new measurements show. With the drought showing little sign of abating, farmers ...

The Ogallala Aquifer is a large underground reservoir that extends 800 miles through the western High Plains; from the southern edge of South Dakota to the Llano Estacado in Texas and New Mexico, ...

Ogallala Aquifer on track, 70% depletion in 40+ years. The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) says current drought conditions are on par with what the state saw between 2011-2012, ...

The aquifer is a finite resource as the region supplies its industries’ and communities’ daily needs. The HPWD noted that in an average year, Ogallala regains around half of an inch of water.

ver the past forty years, it has been my good fortune to focus my research on Nebraska’s Sand Hills and the Ogallala Aquifer. Thanks to the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of ...

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 ...

The Ogallala Aquifer was formed more than 25,000 years ago, but it recharges at a very low rate. For years, irrigators in Kansas have drained more from the aquifer than rainfall can replace.

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — The Ogallala Aquifer across the region has dropped about 325 billion gallons every year for at least the past four decades. To put that number into perspective, the roughly 1 ...

The Ogallala Aquifer is an enormous underground water source for middle America. Found under eight states (from Texas to South Dakota), the aquifer is literally life-giving to this part of the ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Parched for months, fired by yet another unforgiving heatwave, piled with wind-scattered topsoil and ash, the hard-packed clay of the High Plains resembled less … ...