Official: Drought not main cause of water conflict

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

McCOOK, Nebraska -- According to a Middle Republican Natural Resources District board member, James Uerling, ongoing water issues that have pitted both irrigators and legislators against each other are not the result of a drought as many have suggested. Uerling presented the McCook City Council with charts illustrating precipitation levels at area reservoirs from 1955 through 2008, which showed a minimal but steady increase in the amount of precipitation received.

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