Local and state officials plan to closely monitor the impact of a new irrigation well located only about a half-mile from four wells that supply water to Litchfield residents. Litchfield Water ...

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Of roughly 1,200 crop irrigation wells drilled from 2008 to 2012, more than 200 likely are operating without a permit, a Minnesota Public Radio News investigation of public well records found.

An irrigation well near Copeland, Kan., run by Jesse Garetson, pumps 1,000 gallons per minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are about 39,000 other irrigation wells in Kansas.

Wells Are Farmers in southern Oregon are pumping groundwater onto fields. They're not getting lake water for irrigation because water levels there were too low. Now, homeowners' wells are running dry.

The count on new irrigation wells in Nebraska surged past the 1,000 mark for the first time in seven years in 2012, according to preliminary numbers provided by the Department of Natural Resources ...

By Victoria WebsterHave you been looking at your yard and wondering if you should put in an irrigation well? It seems like taking the water under the ground to water the grass should be uncomplicated.

In addition, the lakes and rivers that feed irrigation canals rise and fall in response to rainfall variability, unlike deep groundwater wells. So, a greater reliance on canal irrigation in the future ...

Their wells dried up, and in their opinion a nearby irrigation unit that went online this year might be the culprit. Shields said the well problem ruined her summer "to say the least." "You could ...

HOLDREGE, Neb. (AP) -- With the deadline for a moratorium on new irrigation wells looming, well drilling crews are sprinting to finish jobs in south-central Nebraska.

They cranked up their powerful irrigation wells, drenching their fields with so much water that they collectively pumped at least 6.1 billion gallons more groundwater than allowed under state permits.

The count on new irrigation wells in Nebraska surged past the 1,000 mark for the first time in seven years in 2012, according to preliminary numbers provided by the Department ...