‘Nonrenewable resource’: As western Kansas dries up, Legislature revisits water policy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the better part of a decade, the drinking water supply for a small southwest Kansas town was almost constantly contaminated with unsafe levels of radium, a radioactive element that can cause cancer. The city of Lakin found unsafe levels of uranium in its water in 2007, said Mike Heinitz, the … Continue reading ‘Nonrenewable resource’: As western Kansas dries up, Legislature revisits water policy