Shades · @shades
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by in @texastribune:

"On the heels of Texas’ worst drought in a decade, a report from the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District shows water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, have dropped consistently in the region over the last five years. More than 1,300 wells were measured earlier this year, including ones from the smaller Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, all of which show varying degrees of decline. The biggest decrease was in Parmer County, which sits on the New Mexico border in between Lubbock and Amarillo, where there was a decline of 1.30 feet in the water levels."

texastribune.org/2023/06/20/te

#jaymelozanocarver #texas #ogallala #aquifer #water #agriculture #farming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climateemergency #climate #environment

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ts thank you ☕ · @tsyum
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This is kind of wild. I’m reading a textbook from 2004. Authors reported at this time that if America kept over-extracting at the rate it was, the great Aquifer would likely get so low by 2020 that 5.1 million acres of irrigated farmland would dry up. I wonder where the aquifer stands today.
: Sprinklers are incredibly wasteful. The more you know! 💦

#water #ogallala #psa

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Kris Kuhlman · @k_kuhlman
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#groundwater #ogallala

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Robert Smith · @NebraskaSower
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