LAWRENCE — Beginning in mid-June and continuing until early July, residents of west-central Kansas may see a low-flying ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

The Ogallala aquifer is a critical source of water in western Kansas, and it’s running dry. It plays a major role in the daily lives of Kansans, even for people who don’t live on top of it.

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state ...

The Ogallala Aquifer yields less and less. “My granddad dug the well. My dad pumped the well,” said the 65-year-old farmer. “And I’m going to be the generation that capped the well.” ...

The Ogallala Aquifer serves farming communities in multiple states. When it runs dry, the agriculture industry in Texas and the nation is in jeopardy. Field technician supervisor Billy Barron uses ...

Statewide aquifer levels dropped by nearly two feet over the past year — this third-largest decline since the 1990s. Water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer continue to plummet as farm irrigation ...

Over thousands of years, water dripped below the surface creating an underground water deposit called the Ogallala Aquifer. The water — which spans from South Dakota to Texas and was once the ...

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 ...

That is the Ogallala Aquifer. The subsurface reservoirs trapped between fractured layers of rock and soil saved this region ...