Race to bottom of aquifer only slightly abated by 2025 rainfall

The notorious “race to the bottom of the aquifer” in Deaf Smith County and across many of the 16 counties in the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District eased only slightly with abundant summer rainfall in some locales according to 2026 water level measurements taken in January by the district.Average change in the depth to water in the Ogallala aquifer changed for some m...

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