It’s a multi-million dollar project aimed at restoring the aquifer and preserving the future of communities experiencing a decline in groundwater…. Phase VI continues the effective Kansas Playa Initiative and is now enmeshing Playa Lakes Joint Venture’s “Municipal Water” campaign which aims to help recharge areas of western Kansas being impacted by a rapidly depleted water source. … The current focus area is in Greeley and Wichita counties, parts of the state in a severe drought. “Water is the driving force of the economy here in southwest Kansas,” said Bill Simshauser, Farmer and Kansas Association of Conservation Districts Board Member. It is estimated that the two counties combined have nearly 5,000 playas. But experts say within the next 50 years, the area won’t have enough water to sustain the cities of Leoti and Tribune. “Wichita and Greeley county are running out of water,” said Simshauser.
Source: KSN-TV
