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As the Ogallala Aquifer Dwindles, West Texas Farmers Face a Future Without Irrigated Crops
As Texas’s population booms and the state grows hotter and drier, it’s more important than ever to understand: Who’s wasting our water? The rains don’t come like they used to, and Glenn Schur can’t rely on the once bountiful water beneath the clay loam …