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 ...

Aquifers are being depleted by irrigation. Reservoirs are filling with sediment. Fertilizer runoff is contaminating water and feeding toxic algae. Kansas water experts provided lawmakers a sobering ...

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 water ...

Agriculture built up many of these High Plains towns. But as the Ogallala Aquifer dwindles, farmers are trying to maintain their sole water source. MOSCOW, Kan. — Brownie Wilson pulls off a remote ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – It is no secret that we have been battling a persistent drought across the state over the last few years. Has the influx of moisture we have gained so far this year helped our ...

As you fly over central and western Kansas, you’ll notice distinctive circles in the agricultural fields below. Some might interpret these patterns as evidence of extraterrestrial activity, but ...

Travis Leonard had seen all the signs. Plummeting water levels. Clogged sprayer nozzles. Then as drought parched southwest Kansas this fall, the well next to his farmhouse in Haskell County began ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KU News Service) — Average groundwater levels across western and central Kansas fell by more than a foot in 2021, with the greatest declines in the southwest portion of the state, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -- New data shows water levels in the state's main aquifer are seeing the largest overall increase some areas have experienced for the first time in seven years. Brownie Wilson, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas, where some farmers have petitioned to be removed from a local groundwater ...

Farmer Brian Bauck stands with his combine after finishing up his corn harvest in Wichita County, which recently implemented widespread irrigation cuts. Even in a year of extreme drought, farmers have ...