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Bubbleds mesmerize a young girl who is bathed by her mother in a bucket filled with water hauled from town since their well has run dry.

Agriculture is responsible for 95 percent of aquifer use and families on the fringes feel it. For several years, approximately 30 families near Clovis, NM, have no longer been able to get water from their wells. They carry water home that they need for cooking and bathing. This two-year old has a bubble bath sharing precious water with a family of nine that requires 105 gallons a day.

County Road 5 is the canary in the coal mine for Ogallala depletion. Just across the state line from here are 88,000 wells in the Texas panhandle. Those wells use approximately 200 gallons a minute according to HPWD. When they started irrigating, the wells poured out 1000 gallons a minute.

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Ogallala Aquifer_National Geographic Magazine 8/2016
Bubbleds mesmerize a young girl who is bathed by her mother in a bucket filled with water hauled from town since their well has run dry.<br /> <br /> Agriculture is responsible for 95 percent of aquifer use and families on the fringes feel it. For several years, approximately 30 families near Clovis, NM, have no longer been able to get water from their wells. They carry water home that they need for cooking and bathing. This two-year old has a bubble bath sharing precious water with a family of nine that requires 105 gallons a day.<br /> <br /> County Road 5 is the canary in the coal mine for Ogallala depletion. Just across the state line from here are 88,000 wells in the Texas panhandle. Those wells use approximately 200 gallons a minute according to HPWD. When they started irrigating, the wells poured out 1000 gallons a minute.