by Little Blue | Feb 15, 2024 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Little Blue Natural Resources District (LBNRD) will hold a public hearing Tuesday, March 12th at 6:30 p.m., immediately preceding the full board meeting, in the LBNRD boardroom, located at 100 East 6th...
by Little Blue | Nov 22, 2023 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management
This spring the water levels were completed in the month of April. The map above shows the changes between Spring 2022 and Spring 2023. This map shows a large majority of the District with declines. Geologic Area 1 was down -1.43 feet on average. Some of the hardest...
by Little Blue | Apr 21, 2021 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management
HEBRON, Neb., April 20, 2021 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working with landowners in the Big Sandy watershed to protect water quality. Funds are available to landowners within this watershed through the National Water Quality Initiative...
by Little Blue | Jun 19, 2019 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management, Watershed Management
NEWS RELEASENatural Resources Conservation Service 100 Centennial Mall NorthFederal Building, Rm. 152Lincoln, NE 68508-3866www.ne.nrcs.usda.gov@NebraskaNRCSContacts:Joanna Pope, NRCS Public Affairs Officer(402) 437-4123Janet Valasek, NRCS District...
by Little Blue | May 15, 2019 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management, Watershed Management
In the spring of 2018, Geologic Area 1 was just a few inches from implementing a stay on well drilling and expansion of irrigated acres. Geologic Area 2 has had such a stay in place since 2006. However, 2018 fall levels were up, and fortunately, that did translate...
by Little Blue | Feb 25, 2019 | Groundwater Management, News
The District is now using a weighted, rather than a straight line, average for recording spring and fall water levels. This method uses a mapping program to create a measured polygon shape around each well and multiplying the change in depth for the well within that...
by Little Blue | Feb 22, 2019 | Groundwater Management, News
Did you know that the Little Blue Natural Resources District will test your drinking water for nitrates for FREE? Fill out a water sample request form below and we will send you a test kit. Simply follow the enclosed directions and send the sample back. We’ll...
by Little Blue | Oct 9, 2018 | Groundwater Management, Irrigation, News, Water Management
New Groundwater Rules & Regulations adopted by the Board of Directors become effective on September 15th and state the following: “Chapter 2.9.5 – Failure to certify existing irrigated acres by January 1, 2019 will preclude a groundwater user from...
by redthread | Jun 8, 2018 | Flow Meters, Groundwater Management, Irrigation
The Little Blue NRD is initiating a maintenance program for irrigation flow meters. For the fall of 2016 Tri City Meters from Alda Nebraska will be contracted to do the work. The map shows the area, and locates the meters, that will be pulled from the pipe, have the...
by redthread | Jun 8, 2018 | Groundwater Management, Irrigation
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by redthread | Jun 8, 2018 | Groundwater Management, Water Management
Action was taken by the Board of Directors that placed a “stay” on the drilling of high-capacity irrigation wells in the “Aquifers Less Than 10 Feet” areas of the District. The Little Blue NRD Board has placed a “stay” on the drilling of...
