Kansas Water News

Kansas Water News from 2023

• Kansas legislators renew efforts to save Ogallala Aquifer, Kansas Reflector, 1/17/2023
• ‘This is do or die’: Western Kansas farmers push to save the Ogallala aquifer before it’s too late, High Plain Public Radio, 1/10/2023. The article includes a link to a 5-minute radio spot summary.
• Warning About Aquifer’s Decline Sets up Big Fight in Kansas, Associated Press (and others), 1/6/2023

Kansas Water News From 2022

• ‘It’s time to deal with this’: Kansas Water Authority wants to save Ogallala Aquifer; Kansas Reflector, 12/15/2022
• This is the first time the Kansas Water Authority has voted to save what’s left of the Ogallala, High Plains Public Radio, 12/15/2022
• Got milk? Kansas dairies say yes, and plenty of it, High Plains News, 11/17/2022
• This city in Kansas really conserves its water, but that still might not be enough to survive, High Plains Public Radio, 10/10/2022
• Here are 7 ways this dry, hot year stacks up against the worst droughts in Kansas history, High Plains Public Radio, 8/24/2022
• Why an ambitious effort to overhaul Kansas water management fell short, Kansas Reflector, 5/16/2022
• How Kansas could lose billions in land values as its underground water runs dry, High Plains Public Radio, 3/24/2022
• Shooting themselves in the foot: Committee guts Kansas bill to protect water, Kansas Reflector, 3/1/2022  
• Farm groups stymie reorganization of Kansas water programs, Kansas City Star, 3/1/2022
• Kansas Farm Bureau, legislators square off over water policy overhaul, Topeka Capital-Journal, 3/1/2022  
• Legislative committee guts Kansas bill to protect water, Hays Post, 3/1/2022