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Water Users Guide
Understand
Nebraska's statutory requirements for registering ground water
wells with this publication "Why
Register Wells."
T
he North Platte NRD and the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
(DNR)
held a public hearing June 17, 2009 in Scottsbluff to receive
testimony and exhibits concerning the proposed NPNRD/DNR Integrated
Management Plan (IMP). This IMP, developed jointly with the DNR
and stakeholders group, includes goals, objectives, regulatory
and non-regulatory surface water and ground water controls/action
items for the fully appropriated and overappropriated portions
of the NPNRD. Order No. NPNRD-17 was approved and signed August
13, 2009 and will be effective September 14, 2009.
Draft
of Integrated Management Plan
Order
No. NPNRD-17
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
Landowners
in the North Platte Natural Resources District are reminded that
state
law requires anyone who chemigates (applies agricultural chemicals
through an irrigation system) to follow State
Chemigation requirements .
The
person/persons 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
chemical spills or 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.
Chemigation
permits issued need to be renewed by June 1 of each year. Renewal
permits are $10, new permits are $30 and emergency permits are
$100. The
Nebraska Chemigation Act requires any person who intends to apply
chemical through an irrigation system must first obtain a permit.
It is illegal to chemigate without the proper permit.
For
more information call the NPNRD office at (308) 632-2749 or stop
by the office at 100547 Airport Road in Scottsbluff between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.
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Chemigation Permit Application
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State Chemigation requirements
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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