The areas above the aquifer were the center of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s and the water in the Ogallala has been tapped for human and agricultural use for decades.

This is shorthand for the aquifer itself. The Ogallala is a giant ... By 1820 the territories that became Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been condemned on maps as the Great American Desert ...

Seeking collaboration on solutions to conserve and extend the lifespan of vital water resources in the High Plains, the third Ogallala Aquifer Summit brought politicians and stakeholders from ...

That is the Ogallala Aquifer. The subsurface reservoirs trapped between fractured layers of rock and soil saved this region after the infamous Dust Bowl, and remain the source of economic life in ...

Decades of irrigation has slowly drained the Ogallala Aquifer. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector) Originally published on kansasreflector.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.

which includes the Ogallala. The High Plains Aquifer runs under parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. “We are far ahead of the curve.

The Kansas Geological Survey earlier this month completed its annual campaign to measure the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies the western one-third of the state with water. The Ogallala ...

Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas. Decades of irrigation has slowly drained the Ogallala Aquifer. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector) Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas ...

Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas. Decades of irrigation has slowly drained the Ogallala Aquifer. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector) Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that ...