Water levels in Kansas rivers are running a record low levels as the drought continues to leave the state high and dry.

Statistics released from the US Geological Survey shows that all three rivers in Reno County are seeing some of the lowest flow levels in nearly half a century..

The Little Arkansas River was essentially at a stand still at just 6/100th’s of a cubic foot per second, the lowest for this date. The previous record low for this date was last year at one half cubic foot per second. Normal flow for the river is about 21 CFS. Numbers reflect data collected over the past 38-years.

Things are the same along the two larger rivers. The Arkansas River flow was at 37 CFS. Normal flow is 319 CFS and the all time low was in 1991 at 56 CFS. The statistics on the river span 52 years.

Water flow along the Ninnescha is also near record lows at just 3.9 cubic feet per second. Normal flow is 53 CFS and the all time low came in 1966 at around one half CFS. Those statistics span 46 years.

Waters level at Cheney lake are also falling rapidly as the lake is back to 4 feet below normal pool The lake was down more than 5 feet last year but had shown some recovery during the spring.