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Department of Natural Resources Cambridge Field Office

622 Patterson St
P.O. Box 426
Cambridge, NE  69022
Telephone:  (308) 697-3730
Fax:  (308) 697-3200
E-mail: bedgerton@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 Republican River Compact
  • Jurisdictional Area
    • Southwest Nebraska (16 counties)
    • Covering the Republican River and its tributaries
  • Jurisdictional Scope
    • Administer 897 surface water appropriations
    • Inspection of 279 dams
    • Operate and compute flow record for 10 stream gages year-round
    • Operate and compute flow record for two gages operated during the irrigation season to measure releases from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation dams
    • Operate and compute flow for 15 canal gages
 

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