Reports
Summary of the 2009 Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) Workshop OAP participating scientists and invited guests met in Garden City, KS on March 10-12, 2009 to report accomplishments, and plan future research and educational activities. Summary of the 2008 Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) Workshop Several sessions were devoted to reports of accomplishments, summarizing research and educational activities that have been conducted in 2006-2008. The remainder of the workshop was devoted to planning of future research and educational activities. Economic and Policy Implications of Groundwater A two-year study on groundwater utilization in Southern Ogallala Aquifer indicates that without policy intervention, the regional average level of saturated thickness would decrease more than 50% and most irrigated cropland would be converted to dryland by the end of the 60-year planning horizon.
About the Ogallala Aquifer
“The Ogallala Initiative is a project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). The Initiative provides permanent funding for several research projects on water conservation for the Ogallala Aquifer through a consortium between USDA-ARS, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and West Texas A&M University.” Click here for entire article (PDF, 267kb)
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