The Great Plains are home to some of the largest cotton and wheat harvests in the United States. The eight-state region is also home to the country’s biggest cattle ...

Let’s break it down. Texas’ water supply comes from two main sources: Groundwater makes up 54%. It is water that is stored underground in aquifers. Surface water makes up 43%. It is water from ...

Credit: Desiree Rios for The Texas Tribune Groundwater — Water that exists underground in soil, sand and rock. Groundwater is ...

The aquifer is slowly being pumped dry. Water wells, for instance, have dropped more than 61 meters (200 feet) in the Texas Panhandle. Though the trend line is downward, not all regions are equally ...

Caption A map showing total water storage change in cubic kilometers for 14 major aquifers over 15 years based on satellite data. A study led by The University of Texas at Austin used the data to ...

Many of those suburbs rely on at least one of three aquifers in Central Texas — the Trinity, Carrizo-Wilcox and the Edwards — along with Lake Travis and other area lakes for their water.

In Texas, there are nine major aquifers and 22 minor aquifers that store groundwater. Private landowners and cities access this water using wells. Recharge — An increase in the amount of water ...