Depleted underground aquifer levels in the state will be one of the key topics during the Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference in Jonesboro tomorrow. Kevin Cochran is with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He says northeast Arkansas and Arkansas’ Grand Prairie are areas where the most damage has taken place. Cochran says while municipalities use the Alluvial aquifer, farmers use it the most to irrigate the state’s rice and soybean crops.
He says many farmers have been implementing on-farm water storage projects and other conservation methods to help reduce the amount of groundwater that is used:
Kevin Cochran. This topic and others will be discussed tomorrow during the annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference at Arkansas State University. The keynote speaker will be the state’s Secretary of Agriculture, Wes Ward.
