CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF THE OGALLALA AQUIFER
FIGURE 6.15 From predevelopment to 2005, the water table in the Ogallala Aquifer has fallen more than 70 meters (230 feet) in some areas, while it has risen more than 25 meters elsewhere. The greatest water table rise has occurred along the Platte River Valley in Nebraska, which received exceptionally high rainfall from 1980 to 1999 and where the geology is highly permeable to infiltration. (Data from McGuire 2009)