Crop circles near Dalhart, Texas. (Photo credit: Landsat NASA.)

Groundwater study looks at shared management strategy

A KGS team member measures groundwater levels in a well in western Kansas. (Photo: Kansas Geological Survey)

Kansas Geological Survey, state agency to measure groundwater levels in western Kansas

An irrigation pivot watering a field of turnips. (Photo: iStock - Songbird839)

FDA finalizes the preharvest water rule: What does it mean for produce growers?

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The pivot with KZ valves waters a plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

SWK water district secures $1 million grant

Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas to have water conference in July

Conserving water, promoting soil health

Kansas Geological Survey estimated reductions of 18% to 32% in pumping of underground water in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas could extend life of the resource in some areas by a decade. KGS says savings require farmers to reduce water use for irrigating crops in western Kansas. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas Geological Survey says 18% to 32% cut in groundwater pumping may stabilize aquifer

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Governor Kelly Announces Kansas Receiving Nearly $25 Million to Support High Plains Aquifer