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The ''' Ogallala Aquifer''' is the largest in the [[United States]] and possibly the entire world.  It supplies the High Plains region extending from [[Texas]] up into [[South Dakota]] with [[water]].  It is estimated that $20 billion of food and fiber annually depends on this aquifer, and would be lost if this aquifer dried up.
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The ''' Ogallala Aquifer''' is the largest in the [[United States]] and possibly the entire world.  It supplies the High Plains region extending from [[Texas]] up into [[South Dakota]] with [[water]].  It is estimated that $20 billion of food and fiber annually depends on this aquifer, and would be lost once it dries up as it has been.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/20/texas-ogallala-aquifer-farming-climate-change/</ref>
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The following states depend on this aquifer:
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{{cquote|Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and South Dakota — the Ogallala running dry could have devastating consequences nationwide. The aquifer provides water for about 30% of the nation’s irrigation systems, boosting up the farms and ranches that supply a quarter of the nation’s agricultural production. And for 82% of the people who live within the aquifer’s boundaries, it supplies their drinking water too.}}
 
It took 6,000 years to fill this aquifer, which is roughly the age of the [[Young Earth]] and another [[Counterexample to an Old Earth]].
 
It took 6,000 years to fill this aquifer, which is roughly the age of the [[Young Earth]] and another [[Counterexample to an Old Earth]].
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== References ==
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