Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas have completely depleted their groundwater
Melody Edwards · The frontline of water conflicts: ranching · Aug 24, 2022 · at 4:34
Wyoming Public Media producer Melody Edwards discusses the regional exhaustion of the Ogallala Aquifer in agricultural areas across the High Plains.
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“There's parts of Kansas that are, really, have completely, you know, lost all their water. Parts of Oklahoma, parts of Texas that just don't have that water source anymore.”
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