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Water Users Guide
Understand
Nebraska's statutory requirements for registering ground water
wells with this publication "Why
Register Wells."
The
North Platte NRD and Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) are working jointly, with input from area stakeholders,
to develop an integrated management plan for ground water and
surface water management and use.
The
Pumpkin Creek Basin Groundwater Management Sub-Area includes parts
of Banner, southwestern Scotts Bluff and southwestern Morrill
counties. The sub-area has three purposes: to protect ground water
quality, protect ground water quantity, and provide for the integrated
management of hydrologically connected ground water and surface
water.
Click
here for information about Pumpkin Creek Basin Sub-Area
The
Lisco-Oshkosh-Lewellen Groundwater Quality Management Sub-Area
includes a narrow strip of land north of the North Platte River
through Garden County and a portion of the extreme eastern portion
of Morrill County. The purpose of the LOL sub-area is to prevent
or mitigate contamination of ground water by nitrates, especially
from fertilizer.
Click
here for information about Lisco-Oshkosh-Lewellen Sub-Area
State law requires anyone who chemigates (applies agricultural
chemicals through an irrigation system) to follow State
Chemigation requirements .
The people who will be applying chemicals must obtain certification.
Certification is granted by the Department of Environmental Quality
after the applicant attends an educational course sponsored by
the Cooperative Extension.
Anybody who chemigates also must have a chemigation
permit to indicate that the chemigation system includes
devices to protect chemical spills and prevent personal injury.
Natural resources districts issue these permits, which are good
for one year. See our Forms
Page for a Chemigation Permit Form.
Any accidents must be reported to the
NRD within 24 hours of the incident.The district's telephone number
is (308) 632-2749. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. After
normal working hours contact the Nebraska State Patrol at 402-471-4545
Decommissioning
means properly sealing, filling and capping unused water wells
to eliminate the possibility of groundwater contamination or human
injury.
This program reimburses landowners (including public entities
such as municipalities) up to 75 percent of the actual cost of
decommissioning an abandoned well. Payments are limited
to $300 for wells up to 12 inches in diameter, $400 for larger
wells and $700 for hand-dug wells.
The work must be performed by a state-registered well driller
or pump contractor, and must comply with standards established
by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
Applications must be approved by the NPNRD board before work can
begin.
Understand
the Well Decommissioning Requirements
See
our Forms Page for a Well Decommissioning Application
The
University of Nebraska has developed a spreadsheet Nitrogen Calculator
for corn. This spreadsheet allows producers to adjust the output
of the current University and NRD nitrogen fertilizer reocmmendation
algorithm for corn, based on the value of corn grain relative
to fertilizer price as well as application timing. Based on recent
research and trends of low corn price and rising fertilizer price,
the University of Nebraska has found the most profitable rate
of fertilizer N for corn is often 20-30 lb/acre less than what
our algorithm currently recommends. To download to calculator
go to http://soilfertility.unl.edu
and click on the Calculator button.
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