Groundwater Levels Rise in South-Central Kansas, Drop in Western Counties

Groundwater levels rose in south-central Kansas this year as levels in the western part of the state continued a downward trend according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas.

Pipeline for the Republican River Compact

Robbing Peter to pay Paul . . from a non-renewable resource and funded by irrigated farmers
From the Sterling Journal Advocate Sat., Feb. 12, 2008
“On Jan. 22, RRWCD (Republican River Water Conservation District) signed the second of two contracts to purchase designated ground water rights that will produce nearly 15,000 acre-feet of water per year for a [...]

(Book) Blue Covenant: The global water crisis

“The thing that I’m trying to establish with the first chapter, which is called “Where Has All the Water Gone,” is that what we learned in grade five about the hydrologic cycle being a closed, fixed cycle that could never be interrupted and could never go anywhere, is not true. They weren’t lying to us, [...]

Ethanol Boom

Newsweek article on Ethanol in Yuma County
. . . . In the arid regions of the American West, water has always been a precious, liquid gold. But in Adamson’s home of Yuma County, Colorado, two hours east of Denver, the stakes just got higher. Thanks to the boom in ethanol production spurred by green-energy concerns, corn [...]

Conservation Innovation Grants

Conservation Innovation Grants information
Republican River Basin Pathways Project 
Producers will move from high water use crops to lower water use and value added crops or raise traditional crops on less water on 6,000 pilot farm acres.  Results can be replicated throughout the Republican River Basin. Promotes long term sustainability of the Ogallala Aquifer and mitigates long-term [...]