Groundwater levels are plummeting at rates of several feet per year in many of the world’s aquifers. The most likely driver ...

Many regions of the country are experiencing groundwater depletion because the aquifers are being pumped faster than they can be replenished. Approximately 45% of the water wells examined in the ...

Parts of the Ogallala could endure for a century or more. But the aquifer’s heart is at greatest risk of depletion. This overstressed zone runs the width of the Texas Panhandle north 450 miles ...

The aquifer supports approximately $35 billion in crop production. If water depletion in the aquifer continues, Kansas land values may drop by millions. “One of the key values that I see to the ...

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

The “Water for Texas 2025 Conference” in Austin has brought together experts to discuss the impact of aquifer depletion on surface water streams and lakes and to explore solutions to ...

the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to the chronic depletion of the nation’s aquifers. But in a new report for the White House, scientists say the country is facing ...

The aquifer supports approximately $3.5 billion in crop production in Kansas. Throughout the summit attendees were reminded depletion of the aquifer is not a problem to be solved; it is a ...

Before then, the law prevented farmers from draining the Aquifer, because depletion would intrude on older, established water rights. But, with an eye on economics, lawmakers changed the ...