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Monday, June 28, 2010

"$3 million in penalties for water meter cheats"

(McCOOK DAILY GAZETTE) The McCook Daily Gazette reports, "The Upper Republican Natural Resources District has imposed tough penalties on irrigators the District found to be in violation of the URNRD's rules and regulations.

The URNRD board took action at its meeting Tuesday.

'A recent investigation, conducted in cooperation with other districts, found that in some instances the flowmeters used to measure water use by the district had been bypassed with underground piping, either currently or at some point in time, so that part of the water pumped would not be measured,' said Jasper Fanning, General Manager of the URNRD."

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