The dry bed of the Arkansas River near the Santa Fe Trail crossing at Cimarron, Kansas. The Ogallala aquifer groundwater levels in much of western Kansas started dropping in the 1950s as pumping increased, according to the Kansas Geological Survey. [File Photo/Max McCoy]
Allison Kite Kansas Reflector Time to protect water in Kansas is running short. Parts of the aquifer in far western Kansas may only have 10…
