We are pleased to announce a new, USDA-funded project devoted to extending the life of the Ogallala Aquifer in the southern High Plains.  This project, led by Colorado State University and involving scientists and engineers from Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, centers on improving irrigation technology and management to reduce agriculture’s water consumption, thereby extending the aquifer’s useful life.  Unlike the northern half, the southern half of the Ogallala Aquifer receives hardly any recharge from rainfall or surface water, so the only currently practical way of extending… Read More →