Department of Natural Resources Lincoln Field Office 301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 94676 Lincoln, NE  68509-4676 Telephone:  (402) 471-0589 Fax:  (402) 471-6598 E-mail:  kpaulsen@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 Blue River Compact Jurisdictional Area Southeast Nebraska (22 counties, 12,600 square miles) Lower Missouri, Lower Platte, Little Blue, Big Blue, Little Nemaha and Big Nemaha Rivers and their tributaries and accompanying drainage basins Jurisdictional Scope Administer 3,400 surface water appropriations Inspect 1,100 dams Operate 6 stream gages Compute 12 surface water flow records

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