Audit finds western Kansas keeps losing water, despite local efforts
Kansas audited groundwater management districts. Despite their efforts, the Ogallala Aquifer in western Kansas keeps losing water.
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Kansas audited groundwater management districts. Despite their efforts, the Ogallala Aquifer in western Kansas keeps losing water.
Legislators will work on ways to address the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer and stabilize the water supply in Western Kansas.
Consumption of groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer continues to outstrip its natural replenishment.
Kansas officials point to threat of excessive irrigation of crops from Ogallala Aquifer and nitrate infestation, sedimentation of reservoir surface water.
Kansas politicians retiring from the legislature include Topeka Democrat Jim Gartner, Republican House Speaker Ron Ryckman of Olathe and more.