Ogallala Aquifer Depletion: What It Is and Why It’s Disappearing
When I first heard someone call the Ogallala Aquifer “America’s underground water bank,” I thought it sounded a little dramatic. Then I looked at the numbers. The High Plains Aquifer, commonly called the Ogallala Aquifer, has lost an estimated 286.4 million acre-feet of recoverable water since predevelopment, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. That is … Read more