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Kansas Farmers Cut Ogallala Water Use – And Still Make Money
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Groundwater conservation helped the imperiled aquifer and did not hurt the bottom line, farmers find.
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Uprooting FDR’s ‘Great Wall of Trees’
Planted after the Dust Bowl. Cut down in the climate change era.
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Atomic Crumbs Guide First Global Assessment of Groundwater Age
Newer groundwater is a small fraction of total reserves
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Groundwater Depletion Stresses Majority of World’s Largest Aquifers
Scientists do not know how much groundwater is left.
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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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Earth’s Major Aquifers Are in Trouble
Groundwater reserves are falling, but little is known about how much water is left.
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Ogallala Groundwater Study Will Set Stage for Colorado Water Conservation Debate
Farmers want to know the economic and social ramifications of…
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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.
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Q & A: Julene Bair, Author of The Ogallala Road
Fancy machinery and irrigation systems that pull millions of…