Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture three-and-a-half football fields with earth piled onto them — piled as tall as the Empire State Building. That’s how much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Shelley, an associate research professor at the University of Kansas, speaks at the Governor's Conference on the Future of ...

Picture three-and-a-half football fields with earth piled onto them — piled as tall as the Empire State Building. That’s how much sediment flows into Tuttle Creek Lake each year. After decades of this ...

Sediment buildup has reduced the water storage capacity of Tuttle Creek Lake by about half since its completion in 1962. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing a new water injection dredging ...

In dry years, Tuttle Creek Lake and other reservoirs keep the Kansas River flowing strong enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. But these manmade lakes are disappearing ...