by by Drew Powell, ABC 7 Amarillo
DUMAS, Texas — The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service team conducted a study and found around 80% of the nation’s water consumption is for agriculture.
Finding and highlighting methods to save and reduce demand on a renewable resource like groundwater is the focus of this week’s Water Grows, as a collaboration between the City of Dumas and a farmer is becoming a trend for the future.
“We use this water straight from lagoons straight onto the crops,” said Harold Grall, ag producer.
Since May during this year’s growing season, local ag producers have been able to get 38 million gallons of water from the City of Dumas and apply that 38 million gallons of water to crops. This means he’s not having to extract that water from the Ogallala Aquifer or wells underneath.
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