(KTIV.COM) KTIV.COM reports, "Natural resources districts and state officials in Nebraska might begin working together earlier to head off water-shortage problems.
Lawmakers on Tuesday gave first-round approval to a bill (LB764) that would allow the districts and state Department of Natural Resources to develop water-management plans before river basins were declared fully or overappropriated. Such basins can't provide more water without harming existing water users."
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