HOW KANSAS COULD LOSE BILLIONS IN LAND VALUES AS ITS UNDERGROUND WATER RUNS DRY

Center pivot irrigation systems like this one in Finney County pump water up from the Ogallala aquifer to spray on crops. This part of southwest Kansas experienced some of the state’s worst aquifer declines last year as drought pushed farmers to pump more water from underground. Photo by David Condos / Kansas News Service
By David Condos Kansas News Service HAYS, Kansas — In increasingly dry western Kansas, underground water makes everything possible. Irrigation for crops. Stock water for…

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