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Water Restrictions to Target Northwest Kansas

This spring more than 3 million acres of northwest Kansas will be the focus of tighter restrictions on water use to reduce the rate of decline in the Ogallala Aquifer.
This spring more than 3 million acres of northwest Kansas will be the focus of tighter restrictions on water use to reduce the rate of decline in the Ogallala Aquifer.

A three-million-acre swath of northwest Kansas is looking at dramatically tighter restrictions on water use. The new rules aim to protect the vast underground lake known as the Ogallala Aquifer from drying up. Ben Kuebrich of the Kansas News Service reports.