Is ‘managed depletion’ a terminal diagnosis for Ogallala Aquifer?
A terminal diagnosis awaits the High Plains in seeing “managed depletion” as the only future for the Ogallala Aquifer. A threeperson panel of Texas Panhandle residents took a much broader view of the region’s water future at the recent Southern Plains Conference last month in Canyon.
Chris Grotegut, DVM, is a farmer, rancher, and practicing veterinarian in Deaf Smith County, Texas. He believes…