Ogallala Aquifer - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The aquifer figures prominently in the novel That Old Ace in the Hole (2002) by E. Annie Proulx.
  • It forms part of the historical background of the plot of the Canadian television mini-series H2O.
  • Featured in the final chapter, "Power and Change", of James A. Michener's novel Texas (1985).
  • Figures in a plot for world domination in the Amazing Spider-Man comic book made by Marvel Comics.
  • Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990).

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