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Wizard - Water Levels

WIMAS - Water Rights Info

WWC5 - Water Well Logs

High Plains Atlas

Maps and Information

Maps

A collection of our most current hydrogeologic maps

Ogallala-High Plains

Information and reports concerning the western Kansas (Ogallala) portion of the High Plains aquifer

Completed Studies

WRAPS/CREP Info

The High Plains Aquifer
Information Network

Our collection of links to information, data, and resources related to the High Plains aquifer

KGS Bibliography

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The High Plains Region

Education > Groundwater Basics

• An Atlas of the Kansas High Plains Aquifer

  maps and information from the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS).
• Environment Canada Freshwater Website

  basic ground water information.
• Ground Water Basics web presentation

  introduces concepts on the hydrologic cycle, the impact of humans on the hydrologic cycle and hydrogeology (by EPA Region 5 and Agricultural & Biological Engineering Purdue University).
• Ground Water Primer

  by EPA Region 5 and Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University.
• Groundwater Foundation

  a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and motivating people to care for and about groundwater.
• Handbook of Texas Online - Underground Water

  basic discussion of ground water.
• USGS Aquifer Basics

  click on Unconsolidated for information on High Plains aquifer system.
• USGS Ground Water

  general information publication.
• USGS Water Education Sites

  collection of educational sites and materials dealing with geology and water resources.