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 | Dec 3, 2018 | I & E, Irrigation, News, Operator Training, Water Management
Annual operator training sessions start this week. The board of directors has changed those who are required to attend these meetings. Instead of mandating all operators within the Little Blue NRD to attend these meetings; only those who operate in the...
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 | Water Management, Watershed Management
The Little Blue and Tri Basin NRD’s Watershed Management Plan to address water quality and quantity is now complete and available to the public. View...
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...
