Due by: 12/5 (A) and 12/6 (B)
Irrigation (5.5)
Ogallala (High Plains) Aquifer Case Study
Read the article below, watch the video and scroll through the interactive map on the Ogallala Aquifer. When you have finished, complete the assignment below.
Assignment: Write a letter to policy makers in the state of Kansas using data presented in the sources below or from your own research to support or oppose water reform. No matter which perspective you choose, make sure to include the following information in your letter:
Assignment: Write a letter to policy makers in the state of Kansas using data presented in the sources below or from your own research to support or oppose water reform. No matter which perspective you choose, make sure to include the following information in your letter:
- Causes of the Ogallala Aquifer depletion
- How farming practices have changed over the past 100 years that could positively or negatively impact aquifer use
- Consequences to the region should the Ogallala Aquifer continue to be depleted
- Given that the aquifer overlaps so many states, how water use in one state might affect water use in another state
- Practical compromises
- Remember persuasive letters are effective when they display an understanding of an opposing position and use contrasting evidence to find fallacies in the opposing viewpoint's logic