Lower Elkorn NRD in northeast Nebraska enacted annual limit for wells in D3/D4 areas
12/23/2022 12:00:50 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Burt County, NE
Cedar County, NE
Colfax County, NE
Cuming County, NE
Dixon County, NE
Dodge County, NE
Knox County, NE
Madison County, NE
Pierce County, NE
Platte County, NE
Stanton County, NE
Thurston County, NE
Wayne County, NE
Start Date: 10/15/2022
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The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resource District Board of Directors established an annual limit of 15 acre inches per certified irrigated acre for any irrigation well located in an extreme (D3) or exceptional (D4) drought area on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Norfolk Daily News (Neb.), Dec. 20, 2022
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