(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Platte River water will start gravity flowing into Elwood Reservoir Monday, and Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials plan to have it nearly full by June 1. CNPPID Irrigation Division Manager Dave Ford told the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District directors Tuesday that pumps likely will be turned on March 1 to finish filling the reservoir. Tri-Basin officials’ primary interest is that a full lake produces more groundwater recharge benefits for the Republican and Platte basins. Central irrigators will see a full water supply — base of 15 inches per acre and limit of 18 inches — and full-length irrigation season in 2010 for the first time in six years. It’s also the first time in years that Elwood Reservoir has been needed for irrigation water deliveries."
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