Fortunately for Nebraska, the Cornhusker state covers about 70% of the water in the High Plains Aquifer. Brozović said that, in many places, it’s over 1,000 feet thick.

So the researchers consulted annual estimates of the High Plains Aquifer’s thickness, which date back to 1935, along with county-level yields of corn and soybean from 1985 through 2016.

The Ogallala Aquifer, which spans eight states along the Great Plains, is the only reliable water source for parts of its region. Farmers have pumped its groundwater for decades and, as it ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – Parched for months, fired by yet another unforgiving heatwave, piled with wind-scattered topsoil and ash, the hard-packed clay of the High Plains resembled less … ...

Nearly 70 percent of the groundwater stored in parts of the United States' High Plains Aquifer — a vast underground reservoir that stretches through eight states, from South Dakota to Texas, and ...

Depletion of the High Plains Aquifer. Kansas, like most states west of the Missouri River, follow a western model of water law that prioritizes the oldest water rights issued.

LUBBOCK — The Ogallala Aquifer is buried deep throughout the High Plains. The water flowing underneath is as good as gold for farmers in the region, serving as a lifeline in years when the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Agriculture is receiving $25 million to support the High Plains Aquifer.. Governor Laura Kelly announced that the KDA is receiving funds from the U.S ...

The expansive water source, called the High Plains aquifer by geologists, supports around $35 billion worth of crops a year, according to the Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food ...

LUBBOCK — The Ogallala Aquifer is buried deep throughout the High Plains. The water flowing underneath is as good as gold for farmers in the region, serving as a lifeline in years when drought ...

Coleman, with the High Plains groundwater district, often thinks about how the aquifer will hold up with future growth. There are some factors at play with water planning that are nearly ...