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Hays and Russell Aquifer Water Pipeline Project

Sector: Fertilizers • Location: Hays, Russell, Kansas, United States

Source: Ad Astra Radio

Project
Planned

The project involves piping water drawn from a rural aquifer in Edwards County to the cities of Hays and Russell to supplement their water supply. The cities purchased water rights in the 1990s and seek to change the water use designation from irrigation to municipal to support economic expansion amid drought conditions. The project faces legal challenges from local agricultural irrigators concern

Status
Prospective
Sector
Fertilizers, Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government
Location
Hays, Russell, Kansas, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Ad Astra Radio

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The project “Hays and Russell Aquifer Water Pipeline Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Fertilizers sector, located in Hays, Russell, Kansas, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Ad Astra Radio.

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Prospective

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2026-07-22

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The project involves piping water drawn from a rural aquifer in Edwards County to the cities of Hays and Russell to supplement their water supply. The cities purchased water rights in the 1990s and seek to change the water use designation from irrigation to municipal to support economic expansion amid drought conditions. The project faces legal challenges from local agricultural irrigators concerned about aquifer depletion and impacts on crop irrigation.

Original sector

Water Infrastructure

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Kansas

City

Hays, Russell

Source

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Ad Astra Radio

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Sector

Fertilizers, Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government

Article published date

2025-12-18

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