Mandatory water allocations for district in southern Nebraska
8/27/2025 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Adams County, NE
Clay County, NE
Fillmore County, NE
Jefferson County, NE
Nuckolls County, NE
Thayer County, NE
Start Date: 5/15/2025
- End Date: 5/14/2030
The Little Blue Natural Resources District issued mandatory groundwater allocations on May 15 as groundwater levels had been below required limits for two years. This is the first time that the district has allocated water.
For the next five years, high-capacity irrigation, municipal, industrial, recreational, and fish and wildlife groundwater users within the affected areas cannot use or pump more than 65 inches of groundwater from high-capacity wells, according to the LBNRD rules and regulations.
News Channel Nebraska (Grand Island, Neb.), Aug 26, 2025
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