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Ogallala aquifer group forms as water crisis looms
A 110-farmer coalition owning 99 square miles in Sheridan and Thomas counties near Colby forms amid rising alarm over Ogallala depletion. Kansas Water Office chief Tracy Streeter warns progress will be slow, while state officials note decades of laws and limited enforcement. Nebraska cites strict, local groundwater districts as a model to curb withdrawals. Water crisis threatens agriculture, industry and towns across the region.
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Sheridan
Thomas
Colby
Tracy Streeter
Kansas Water Office
Topeka
Ogallala
Kansas
Jay Garetson
Haskell County
American Warrior
Garetson
Cecil O’brate
Garden City
Lane Letourneau
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Journal-World
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Dean Edson
Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
U.S
Water
Shelby Smith
Robert Bennett
Streeter