Brownie Wilson kneels next to a decommissioned irrigation well outside Moscow, Kan., as part of the Kansas Geological Survey’s efforts to measure the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer. Groundwater has been declining for decades because of irrigation in the eight states that rely on the aquifer. [PHOTO BY Kevin Hardy/Stateline]
Allison Kite and Kevin HardyKansas Reflector As the Ogallala Aquifer dwindles, rural towns try to keep their sole water source. *This story, the first in…
