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Should Kansas Build an Aqueduct to Western Kansas to Help with Water Woes?

Farmer Clay Scott stands in front of one of his center-pivot irrigation systems in southwest Kansas.  (Photo from HPPR)
Farmer Clay Scott stands in front of one of his center-pivot irrigation systems in southwest Kansas. (Photo from HPPR)

Western Kansas relies on water from the Ogallala Aquifer -- a vast underground reservoir. But it’s drying up. Even as farmers work to irrigate more cautiously, Ben Kuebrich of theKansas News Service reports, some are proposing a more radical solution... to pipe water out west.


    
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Ben Kuebrich is a reporter for High Plains Public Radio and a contributor to Kansas Public Radio and the Kansas News Service.  The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of public radio stations serving Kansas - covering health, education, and politics across the state.  
 

The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.