Even in good years, farmers in the Midwest supplement rainfall with irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer.The map below shows irrigated areas in blue; the darker the color, the heavier the irrigation.

For decades, the High Plains Aquifer has provided irrigation for the nation's breadbasket. But we're depleting it far faster than it's being filled — just as the prospect of climate ...

The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into ... What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the ... and cloud seeding, in our interactive version of this map. Wilson, who is 47 with a lean ...

KANSAS CITY — The U.S. Geological Survey says heavy use of water from the High Plains Aquifer and continued use of chemicals on land above the aquifer could lead to a further increase of ...

If the aquifer goes dry, more than $20 billion worth of food and fiber will vanish from the world’s markets. And scientists say it will take natural processes 6,000 years to refill the reservoir ...

BEYOND THE PIPELINE /// Water-pumping Windmills tap into the giant Ogallala Aquifer 50 feet below the surface in Nebraska, where a leading expert says the State Department is "supposed to protect ...

COLBY, KANSAS — The Ogallala Aquifer is a large underground water resource that sits below parts of seven U.S. states in the Midwest. The aquifer is used to provide fresh water to people and to ...

Koch Industries stands to profit off of a pipeline that threatens to leak toxins into the Midwest’s water supply, and so do our politicians. Tell Hillary Clinton to represent the working class ...

The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into ... What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the ... and cloud seeding, in our interactive version of this map. Wilson, who is 47 with a lean ...