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High Plains Aquifer’s Depletion Threatens Rural Areas

November 16, 2017/

Farmers say they’re trying to wean from groundwater, but admit there are no easy answers amid pressures of corn prices, urban growth and interstate water agreements

By Bruce Finley | [email protected] | The Denver Post

The water under Colorado’s Eastern Plains is running dry as farmers keep irrigating “great American desert”

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