The Kansas Geological Survey says a rise in irrigation coupled with prolonged drought conditions have led to a substantial ...

The president of Kansas Farm Bureau says water quality continue to be a challenge throughout the state. Joe Newland tells ...

Water officials noted that western Kansas became a feedlot and crop production powerhouse, leading producers to believe ...

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 ...

Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for everything from drinking to irrigation fell more than a foot last year, Kansas Geological Survey scientists said Tuesday. The ...

The Ogallala aquifer that sustains parts of western Kansas has been declining rapidly, and some farmers say the solution is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In early January, KGS completed its annual campaign to measure Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies the western one-third of the state with water. Copy article link ...