An Expert Explains the Maps of the Ogallala Aquifer of the Texas High Plains

Subscribe to our new Food Farmer Earth channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/foodfarmerearth?sub_confirmation=1 This is an extended version of a 2010 interview we did with Lucia Barbato of the Texas Tech University Center for Geospatial Technology while filming a documentary about the courageous efforts of area producers (farmers), academic researchers, and local government agencies to extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer. Lucia Barbato explains the various maps of the Texas High Plains region; the Ogallala Aquifer formed millions of years ago, and no longer has an effective recharge capacity. This finite, fossil water resource will one-day run dry. Read the full post: http://cookingupastory.com/an-expert-explains-the-maps-of-the-ogallala-aquifer-on-the-texas-high-plains Check out our new series: Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food http://www.youtube.com/ffe Cooking Up a Story - Bringing the people behind our food to life http://cookingupastory.com Subscribe to receive the latest videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foodfarmerearth Follow us: Google+ https://plus.google.com/+foodfarmerearth/posts twitter http://twitter.com/cookingupastory Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cookingupastory Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/foodfarmerearth/ Website RSS Feed http://cookingupastory.com/feed