(NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH) The North Platte Telegraph reports "All summer the North Platte River has been carrying an abundance of water downstream. It has been beneficial as well as harmful, providing enough water for irrigation, but swamping basements and crops in other areas.
Soon, area ag producers will begin shutting down irrigation for the year. This will generate more questions for water managers, who must deal with the excess water when most of the reservoir storage space is still full.
The entire system from Seminoe Reservoir northeast of Sinclair, Wyo., to Lake McConaughy is full, or so close there isn't much difference. The summer has been a total turnaround from the past eight or nine years when drought caused the riverbed to be dry in many places."
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Soon, area ag producers will begin shutting down irrigation for the year. This will generate more questions for water managers, who must deal with the excess water when most of the reservoir storage space is still full.
The entire system from Seminoe Reservoir northeast of Sinclair, Wyo., to Lake McConaughy is full, or so close there isn't much difference. The summer has been a total turnaround from the past eight or nine years when drought caused the riverbed to be dry in many places."
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