Have you ever stepped outside during a relentless summer, felt the heat press in, and wondered where all the water has gone?

While Tyson says growers obtain water from ‘lawfully acquired sources,’ the state permitting system allows poultry operations ...

As Jill Trapp steered her pickup truck down the red dirt roads of southeast Oklahoma, she raised a hand to greet a passing ...

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

State lawmakers created groundwater conservation districts in 1949 to protect what water is left. But their power to restrict ...

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We are on the lookout for water being wasted in Amarillo, and you can play a part in helping us.Amarillo sits on one of the most precious water sources in the country: the Ogallala Aquifer.Water ...

But the water is running out. Wells in western Kansas pump out of the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast underground water repository stretching from South Dakota to New Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey d ...

Oelke, like other farmers in Western Kansas, is using technology to extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer which he depends on for irrigating his crops. Chris Ochsner cochsner@kcstar.com Editor's ...

To save a dying aquifer – or at least their piece of it – a group of roughly 60 farmers in northwest Kansas decided on a self-imposed diet. The move a dozen years ago to voluntarily restrict the water ...

Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas. Decades of irrigation have slowly drained the Ogallala Aquifer. Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for ...