Finding that large farms are depleting Kingman's aquifer, the Arizona Department of Water Resources will restrict new pumping.

Map: The Ogallala Aquifer – A Freshwater Bonanza in Decline Farmers are slowly drying up the nation’s largest underground source of fresh water. Hydraulic pumps and mechanized irrigation equipment ...

Irrigation brought fat harvests to the plains. But the water is disappearing. Industrial agriculture on the Great Plains began in the 1950s when mechanized pumps and sprinkler irrigation systems ...

Map of Melbourne area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located.