drought

The survey, by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University, found one-third of Kansans think the state and local government are not doing enough to conserve water.

Botanica is exempt from the city’s outdoor water usage restrictions but is attempting to cut back by 10% anyway.

Wichita water customers will be limited to outdoor watering one day a week. That day depends on which part of the city they live in.

Dry weather, high temperatures and a lack of rainfall across parts of the Midwest and Great Plains have caused a spike in water demand from city residents. In response, some cities are implementing conservation measures to keep their water supplies from drying up.

Last winter’s precipitation relieved some areas of drought, yet in other places it's deepened, making spring stressful for farmers and ranchers.

A new study predicts that the Arkansas River flow will decrease about 28% by the end of the 21st century if greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate.

The water in the Ogallala aquifer is worth billions of dollars to western Kansas, but it’s rapidly disappearing. And it's been a challenge to find ways to slow the depletion.

Sheri Glazier is used to seeing dry conditions on the family farm in central Oklahoma around wheat harvesting time in June. But this year, the heat came...

Kansans can expect rising temperatures and more extreme flooding in the future, according to the latest National Climate Assessment.Kansas has always…

Kansas' long drought is fading.Drought covered more than 80 percent of Kansas in April. Now the National Weather Service says most of the state is…