AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Water wells have been running low in parts of the Panhandle and people have been blaming corn farmers.
Tuesday night, High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Number One had a meeting to offer solutions.
There was a lot of interest in that meeting, and it was packed full of citizens looking to get some answers.
At one point, there was a presentation explaining why people in that area should join the district.
Jim Conkwright says that way, they'd get the answers, but it's probably not the answers they'll want to hear.
"Wells are running out of water that haven't run out before, we think a lot of this is due to the drought. there have been accusations as to corn farming in the area, the farmers have indicated to us certainly that they are not over producing."
Conkwright says he thinks it's because too many of the wells are too shallow or are the same depth.
"We think the problem in the area is that all the wells are having an effect on each other and most of the domestic wells, the house wells, are much shallower than, industrial, commercial or agricultural."
One citizen didn't seem to agree with that.
Maurice Clifton said, "Like everyone else corn farmers are not regulated hard enough, they don't ever shut them wells off even if they get a 10 inch rain."
Conkwright suggested solutions like taking it to the Texas Legislature but the justices won't meet again for another two years.
"There's not a whole they can do to help these people short term it's a long term deal, 5 years, and these people need water now," said Clifton.
When it was over, we spoke with many of the people who attended, and they told us they were more confused after than they were before, and they don't want to join the district if it's not going to help them now.
