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Decreased river flows can create problems for navigation, recreation, public water supplies, and electric power generation. Commercial navigation can be suspended during droughts (or floods) when there is too little water to keep channels deep enough for barge traffic.
High water on the Moreau River prompted evacuations on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. [69] Pennington County approved a local disaster declaration as a result of a bridge collapse and other damage. [67] In September 2019, "heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska ...
The wells pump water collecting around the airport over the levee wall back into the Missouri River. [43] On June 29, Nebraska reported its first flood-related death when the body of a 26-year-old fisherman was found in the river near the Little Nemaha River at Nemaha. [71]
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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, left, and Gov. Laura Kelly signed a joint letter opposing a water transfer in Nebraska they say could lead to invasive species of carp in Kansas waterways.
Mar. 12—Flathead residents are invited tonight to a discussion regarding water issues and rights with the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The department is holding the ...
[5] [6] Subsequently, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources stopped issuing new surface water usage rights to Pumpkin Creek to combat low stream flow. [5] LB 108 allowed the North Platte Natural Resources District to interdict the drilling of new irrigation wells in the Pumpkin Creek watershed in 2001 and a 14-acre-inch irrigation usage ...
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan Monday to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize access to Colorado ...