(NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH) The North Platte Telegraph reports "Projects to reduce water supply deficits in Nebraska's Platte and Republican river basins are starting to yield results.
Well moratoriums, retired irrigated acres, well meters, irrigation allocations, removal of invasive vegetation and other streamflow impediments, on-farm conservation measures, and an abundance of rain this spring all have been important steps toward balancing water uses and supplies.
There are more weeds to spray, more irrigated acres to retire near the rivers and streamflow augmentation projects to consider, including possible new reservoirs.
However, another deficit will be a hurdle for water project progress in the foreseeable future. State funding for anything extra probably won't be a priority for at least the next two fiscal years because Nebraska is estimated to have a budget deficit of $670 million or more."
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Well moratoriums, retired irrigated acres, well meters, irrigation allocations, removal of invasive vegetation and other streamflow impediments, on-farm conservation measures, and an abundance of rain this spring all have been important steps toward balancing water uses and supplies.
There are more weeds to spray, more irrigated acres to retire near the rivers and streamflow augmentation projects to consider, including possible new reservoirs.
However, another deficit will be a hurdle for water project progress in the foreseeable future. State funding for anything extra probably won't be a priority for at least the next two fiscal years because Nebraska is estimated to have a budget deficit of $670 million or more."
Read the article by clicking the title above.
