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Racygrandma

(164 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:24 PM 23 hrs ago

The Kansas aquifers are drying out [View all]

In western Kansas especially. Those guys are out there growing corn. Corn is a high water crop, takes lots of water to grow corn. In semi arid country, lots of irrigation. Remembering going to Colorado and not taking I 70, yeah saw all the irrigating. Man this is not sustainable and they know that. For the life of me I do not know to link the chart, but it can be fount under Kansas geological survey

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The Kansas aquifers are drying out [View all] Racygrandma 23 hrs ago OP

The USGS will now produce a study, under Trump, that's will say the aquifers are full. dem4decades 22 hrs ago #1

Stop the testing JoseBalow 22 hrs ago #4

Same aquifer: Texas wants to put pedal to metal on data centres that consume vast quantities of water for cooling. . nt Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #2

Rick Perry puts hollow $6 billion IPO onto frothy market. Bubbly water? Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #7

The Oogalala Aquifer has been nearly empty since 1990 & they knew it! SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #3

Not that it's empty - there are spots in Nebraska where it's 700' deep . . . hatrack 22 hrs ago #5

You can put a data centre on a ranch. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #8

Ty for sharing! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #9

Over two years, good luck with that over 20. dem4decades 12 hrs ago #10

I see that Liberal, Kansas is still on the map Champp 12 hrs ago #11

. dalton99a 22 hrs ago #6