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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> | + | 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 name="Tribune">https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/20/texas-ogallala-aquifer-farming-climate-change/</ref> Corn stalks are shorter as a result of this essential aquifer drying up.<ref name="Tribune"/> |
The following states depend on this aquifer: | The following states depend on this aquifer: | ||
Latest revision as of 16:50, July 8, 2023
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.[1] Corn stalks are shorter as a result of this essential aquifer drying up.[1]
The following states depend on this aquifer:
| “ | 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.