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Nebraska groundwater report

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher takes groundwater samples from the Loup River in Nebraska’s Sandhills in September 2018.

Continued below-average precipitation reduces groundwater levels, report shows

April 5, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Groundwater levels rose significantly across most of Nebraska from January 2019 to January 2020, according to the recently released 2020 Nebraska Groundwater-Level Report. The rain, snow and ice surpluses from 2019 were reflected in thousands of well measurements taken across much of the state in early 2020.

Groundwater levels were up significantly in early 2020, report shows

April 8, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Pockets of southwestern Nebraska and the Panhandle saw minor groundwater level declines, but the latest Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report shows a wealth of increases in groundwater supply across the rest of the state from spring 2018 to spring 2019. On average, wells measured in spring 2019 saw a 2.63-foot increase in groundwater levels statewide.

Nebraska groundwater levels rise following wet year

April 21, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

A sunset over the Platte River. A new report issued by the Conservation and Survey Division shows that nearly all of Nebraska saw declines in groundwater levels between spring 2012 and spring 2013.

Groundwater levels generally recovering from 2012 drought

March 29, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

This map from the 2017 Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report shows groundwater-level changes in Nebraska from spring 2016 to spring 2017.

Report: Nebraska continues to see modest groundwater decline

March 14, 2018

Agriculture & Environment