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Recharging the Ogallala Aquifer

High Plains Public Radio | By Dale Bolton
Published December 18, 2012 at 8:22 AM CST
Texas Parks and Wildlife

We grew up on the High Plains thinking of those occasionally muddy pasture depressions as "buffalo wallows," "rainwater basins" or "mud holes." Turns out, scientists are learning those playas play a significant role recharging aquifers such as the Ogallala.
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