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Kansas Town Faces Big Bill to Clean Drinking Water
In farm country, the cost of nitrate pollution often falls on…
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2015 Water Preview, Part II: National – States React to New Era of Water Scarcity
Water is priority in state legislatures and governors’ offices.
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State Water Plans Are Coming Due
Reporter Brett Walton previews two plans — in Arkansas and Colorado — that will be unveiled this week, in addition to the Kansas plan that is due out next year
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U.S. State Water Plans Are Ready for Review
A year of water planning reaches the halfway point.
Three…
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Failed Ballot Measure Is Setback for Ogallala Water Conservation in Western Kansas
A plan to reduce water use by 20 percent was voted down last…
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Kansas Water District Votes on Ogallala Conservation Plan
Using less water for agriculture is an idea spreading across…
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Ogallala Water Use Climbs as Drought Intensifies in the Southern Plains
Rainfall deficit is worse than the 1930s Dust Bowl.
By…
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Q & A: Julene Bair, Author of The Ogallala Road
Fancy machinery and irrigation systems that pull millions of…
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Rooted in the Land, One Kansas Rancher Manages the Ecosystem as a Whole
Sunlight, soil, water, ruminants – it is all a big cycle at…
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Report: Society’s Water Safety Net Is Fraying
A National Research Council report argues that groundwater use…
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Guess Who Proposed the Missouri River Pipeline in the Federal Government’s Colorado River Basin Study?
Hint: It’s not who you might think, says Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton.