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At their regular meeting June
14, 2007, the North Platte Natural Resources District
board of directors voted to set a base limit of 18 inches
starting in 2009 on wells in the overappropriated area.
The board said it is time to begin using allocations as a way
to preserve the district’s groundwater resource and comply
with the state’s water law.
The 7 to 2 decision was spurred
by the ongoing drought and increasing use of wells to supplement
the limited surface water supplies.
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Water Allocation Rules |
Effective
January 12, 2009 and applicable to Water Year 2009, the
new ground water allocations for the North Platte NRD are:
18
inches acre-inches per acre per water year for the Overappropriated
Area of the District
12
inches acre-inches per acre per water year for the Pumpkin
Creek Basin sub-area.
NRD
staff are now taking initial flow meter readings in the entire
overappropriated area to establish a baseline of well water use
on all regulated wells. Read
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Chapter 6-Allocation of Ground Water and Chapter 7-PCB Rules &
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