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SPNRD sets new irrigation allocations

At the Oct. 13, 2015 South Platte NRD board meeting the board took action to set the new irrigation allocations for the next three-year allocation period set to begin in 2016 and run through 2018.

The irrigation allocations, part of the Districtwide Ground Water Management Area Rules and Regulations, were previously discussed and ground water information was given at three Ground Water Advisory Committee Meetings, one in each county in the District, and at a public hearing held in Sidney at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds on Sept. 15, 2015. The Districts newsletter, the Pipeline also had...