<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3cVgR6_1GzZGHoL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3cVgR6_1GzZGHoL00" width="1440" height="962" ><figcaption>Attendees listen during Tuesday’s Groundwater Summit in Morrilton, where officials discussed groundwater conditions and ongoing challenges facing the state’s aquifers. (Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.)</figcaption></figure>MORRILTON, Ark. — The conclusion of Tuesday’s Groundwater Summit in Morrilton was that farmers are digging deeper for water.The state’s annual groundwater report in July had noted declining water levels in some areas of the state’s two largest aquifers, the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial and the Sparta Alluvial.Aaron Baggett, a geologist at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, told attendees that groundwater withdrawal rates for the aquifers have been considered unsustainable for years, and that has forced farmers to dig deeper wells.Baggett did have some good news, saying that despite this year’s drought, parts of the Grand Prairie and Cache areas are showing signs of recovery.The Grand Prairie region is between the Arkansas and White Rivers in east Arkansas, while the Cache region is west of Crowley’s Ridge and extends to the White River.</div></body>

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MORRILTON, Ark. — The conclusion of Tuesday’s Groundwater Summit in Morrilton was that farmers are digging deeper for water. The state’s annual groundwater report in July had noted declining water levels in some areas of the state’s two largest aquifers, the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial and the Sparta Alluvial.

Groundwater withdrawals remain unsustainable, farmers digging deeper

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MORRILTON, Ark. — The conclusion of Tuesday’s Groundwater Summit in Morrilton was that farmers are digging deeper for water. The state’s annual groundwater

Groundwater withdrawals remain unsustainable, farmers digging deeper

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