Resource Materials
I. Nebraska Water Resources
The Hydrologic Cycle
Nebraska's Water Supply
Areas of Significant Groundwater Level Changes, Pre-Development to 2000
Watershed Boundaries
Losing Reaches of Streams
Stream-Aquifer Relationships by Basin (From Policy Issue Study on Int. Mgmt of SW & GW)
NOTE: All Water Policy Task Force members received a copy of the Groundwater Atlas of Nebraska, published by the University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division. The atlas may be obtained (at a charge) by contacting the Conservation and Survey Division Map and Publication Sales Office at (402) 472-7523 or on-line at http://snr.unl.edu/productcart/pc/mainIndex.asp
II. Nebraska Water Use
Map of Active Irrigation Well Locations
Estimated Acres Irrigated in Nebraska (1860-2000)
Registered Irrigation Wells by Year Completed -
 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980. 1990, 2000
Nebraska GAP Land Cover Information 
Pie Charts of Nebraska Surface Water and Groundwater Use - 1995
Western States Irrigation in Comparison to Nebraska - 1995
III. Nebraska Water Law
Nebraska Surface Water Statutes - Chapter 46 Article 2
Pamphlet - Surface Water Administration for Natural Flow Permits
Nebraska Groundwater Statutes - Chapter 46 Article 6
Diagrams on Process for Designating Management Areas for Integrated Management:
- NRD Designation of Management Area for Intergrated Management
(Option 1)
- NRD Designation of Management Area for Intergrated Management-Joint NRD and DNR Action Plan
(Option 2)
- NRD Designation of Management Area for Intergrated Management-(Authority Limited to Disputes Over Interstate Compacts and Decrees and Other Formal State Contracts or Agreements)
(Option 3)
IV. Conjunctive Use Policy in Nebraska
Conjunctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater in the State of Nebraska
V. Administrative Maps
Natural Resources Districts
Moratoriums on Surface Water Appropriations in Nebraska
Nebraska Groundwater Management Areas
VI. References / Contacts
Websites / Other Reading
Natural Resources District Contact Information
Irrigation and Reclamation District Contact Information
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Field Offices
References:
Nebraska GAP Land Cover Information; Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT) School of Natural Resource Sciences & Conservation and Survey Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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