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Saturday, August 11, 2012

The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse

The pool of water under the Midwest is being sucked dry. The drought is making it worse

Even in good years, farmers in the Midwest supplement rainfall with irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer. The map below shows irrigated areas in blue; the darker the color, the heavier the irrigation. That big, dark patch in the middle, to the left of the little icon, is irrigated by both surface water and water from the Ogallala and other aquifers in the High Plains system.http://grist.org/news/the-pool-of-water-under-the-midwest-is-being-sucked-dry-the-drought-is-making-it-worse/
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