Brownie Wilson kneels next to a decommissioned irrigation well outside Moscow, Kan., as part of the Kansas Geological Survey’s efforts to measure the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer. Groundwater has been declining for decades because of irrigation in the eight states that rely on the aquifer. (Kevin Hardy/Stateline)
By: Allison Kite And Kevin HardyKansasReflector.com MOSCOW, Kansas — Brownie Wilson pulls off a remote dirt road right through a steep ditch and onto a…