sediment from the Rocky Mountains was deposited in the High Plains. Over thousands of years, water dripped below the surface creating an underground water deposit called the Ogallala Aquifer.

People who live on the Ogallala, also known as the High Plains aquifer, often describe their ... and Oklahoma had been condemned on maps as the Great American Desert, but the cruelest assessment ...

Seeking collaboration on solutions to conserve and extend the lifespan of vital water resources in the High Plains, the third Ogallala Aquifer Summit brought politicians and stakeholders from ...

The Kansas Geological Survey says a rise in irrigation coupled with prolonged drought conditions have led to a substantial ...

The Kansas Geological Survey earlier this month completed its annual campaign to measure the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies the western one-third of the state with water. The Ogallala ...

The largest component of the High Plains aquifer is the Ogallala aquifer. It is under most of western Kansas. KGS says the southwest portion of the Ogallala aquifer declined by .19 feet.

It’s also where the Ogallala is the deepest. It is easy to think of an Aquifer as an underground lake, connecting the land underneath the High Plains. It’s not. “The Aquifer itself is not a ...