Department of Natural Resources Norfolk Field Office 601 East Benjamin Ave., Suite 101 P.O. Box 1451 Norfolk, NE  68701 Telephone:  (402) 370-3377 Fax:  (402) 371-0653 E-mail: bbirkel@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 Jurisdictional Area Northeast Nebraska (22 counties) Covering an area from the Missouri River in the East and North to the Platte River on the South which includes the Missouri tributaries, the Elkhorn River and the Lower Platte River. The Western boundary stretches to the Bassett vicinity Jurisdictional Scope Administer 900 surface water appropriations Inspection of 200 dams Operate and compute flow record for ten stream gages Assist the public in registering and verifying wells and measuring streams upon request Water Resources studies and water conflict mediation

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