LAWRENCE — In early January, crews from the Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels. They and staffers from the Kansas Division of Water Resources will measure about 1,400 water wells in 47 western and central Kansas counties. They’ll compare their measurements from records that go back 30 years to check the underwater groundwater levels in the High Plains Aquifer, a massive network of water-bearing formations that underlies eight states and includes the Ogallala Aquifer, the Great Bend Prairie Aquifer and the Equus Beds. Last year, groundwater levels dropped one to three feet in central and western Kansas.
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 10 a.m.
