Department of Natural Resources Ord Field Office North Highway 11 P.O. Box 251 Ord, NE  68862 Telephone:  (308) 728-3325 Fax:  (308) 728-9967 E-mail: dnrord@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 Central and North Central Nebraska (26 counties) Lower Niobrara, Middle Loup, North Loup, South Loup, Loup, Cedar and the Central Platte Jurisdictional Scope Administer 1,800 surface water appropriations Inspection of 181 dams Operate and compute flow record for 13 stream gages Compute flow record for four reservoirs Operate and compute flow records for 21 canal gages Administer 201 appropriators in the Loup Basin that pay compensation for power interference

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