• The Republican River Basin including all subbasins.
• The North Platte River Basin including all subbasins.
• The South Platte River Basin including all subbasins.
• The Platte River Basin above the mouth of the Loup River including all subbasins.
• The White River Basin including all subbasins.
• The Hat Creek Basin including all subbasins.

A Formal Moratorium on the Niobrara River from the Nebraska-Wyoming state line downstream to the headgate of the Mirage Flats Canal was declared on November 30, 1990.

Order Declaring Formal Moratoriums (July 14, 2004)

Map of Restrictions on Surface Water Appropriations, July 2008
Moratoriums on Surface Water Appropriations in Nebraska: Restrictions Issued by the Department of Natural Resources as of July, 2008
Stays Placed on Surface Water Appropriations Due to the Determination that Surface Water is Fully Appropriated or Overappropriated Restrictions Issued by the Department of Natural Resources as of July, 2008
Temporary Stays Requested by Natural Resources Districts to be Placed on Surface Water Appropriations Restrictions Issued by the Department of Natural Resources as of July, 2008