Industrial agriculture on the Great Plains began in the 1950s when mechanized pumps and sprinkler irrigation systems allowed trillions of gallons of water to be pulled each year from the Ogallala ...

Map: The Ogallala Aquifer: A Freshwater Bonanza in Decline. Click image to enlarge. This map was created by graphic designer Erin Aigner, with research assistance from Brett Walton of Circle of Blue.

Maybe you can count the Keystone XL pipeline supporters among them ... claim that the project might pose a threat to the Ogallala aquifer, progressive groups and Native American tribes teamed ...

The well, wide enough to fall into, taps into the Ogallala ... aquifer further, including the history of frustrated farmers, rainmakers, and cloud seeding, in our interactive version of this map.