Abstract
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Groundwater depletion has been a consequential problem in Kansas, a drought-prone state
widely reliant on the High Plains aquifer. This manuscript explores well ownership’s moderating
effects on the relationships between awareness of water supplies and the use of water-saving devices.
It assesses one of the only quantitative datasets of private water well owners used in social scientific
research (n = 864) and discusses the intricate results of multi-group structural equation models with
respondents organized by their water supplies. Well ownership and water literacy are significantly
correlated to owning water-conservation technologies, and well ownership combined with access to
municipal water weakens the correlations between awareness and owning water-saving appliances.