Dry wells in southwest Kansas
10/3/2022 12:17:36 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Haskell County, KS
Start Date: 5/1/2022
- End Date: 10/2/2022
High irrigation demand during the 2022 growing season amid extreme drought led to a well in Haskell County running dry. Well production has been limited for the past seven years, but it had slowed to 100 gallons per minute and was just pumping sand. Corn yield in the field was just 15 bushels per acre.
A number of wells in the region went dry this summer as conditions this year have been exceedingly difficult, similar to the 2011-2012 drought years.
The water table at an index well in Haskell County, Kansas, dropped to almost 400 feet below the surface in late August 2022. This would not be the first time a drop of 100 feet in the water table was observed during the irrigation season.
KTIC AM 840 98.3 FM (West Point, Neb.), Oct 2, 2022
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