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Kansas Farmers Try New Technology to Reduce Water Use

Western Kansas farmers are partnering with the state on an experimental project to conserve irrigation water. (Photo: Bryan Thompson)
Western Kansas farmers are partnering with the state on an experimental project to conserve irrigation water. (Photo: Bryan Thompson)

The economy of western Kansas is based on the Ogallala Aquifer. But that ancient underground water supply is being rapidly depleted. The Kansas Water Office is teaming up with forward-looking farmers in an effort to demonstrate that new irrigation technologies can reduce the demand on the aquifer without sacrificing crop yields.  Reporting here for Harvest Public Media, Bryan Thompson has more. 


Bryan Thompson is a reporter for the KHI News Service in Topeka and a contributor to Harvest Public Media and Heartland Health Monitor.
 

Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.