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As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter irrigation wells

www.kmuw.org As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter irrigation wells

About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to monitoring how much groundwater irrigators are pumping out.

As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter irrigation wells

About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to monitoring how much groundwater irrigators are pumping out.

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