Department of Natural Resources Bridgeport Field Office 729 Main Street P.O. Box 787 Bridgeport, NE  69336-0787 Telephone:  (308) 262-1930 Fax:  (308) 262-1939 E-mail:  bridgeport@dnr.ne.gov Responsibilities Administer surface water to its users Safety inspection of dams Operate stream gaging stations and compute stream flow records Mediate water related conflicts Administer the North Platte River Decree, the South Platte River Compact and the Niobrara River Compact Jurisdictional Area Panhandle and North Central Nebraska North Platte River, South Platte River, Upper and Central Platte River, White River, Upper Niobrara River, Hat Creek, Lodgepole Creek and accompanying drainage basins Jurisdictional Scope Administer 1,700 surface water appropriations Inspection of about 450 dams Operate and compute flow record for 38 stream gages and 86 canal gages. Administer 21 irrigation districts that direct surface water for the irrigation of about one million acres

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