Nebraska Water Rights
~230,050 water rights records
Points of Diversion & Use by County
Mapped diversion and place-of-use sites filed with the state engineer, via WaDE.
Dawson County9,728 sites
Lancaster County9,167 sites
Lincoln County8,936 sites
Phelps County8,431 sites
Dawes County7,975 sites
Holt County7,957 sites
Scotts Bluff County7,501 sites
Hall County7,489 sites
Buffalo County6,985 sites
Douglas County6,548 sites
Merrick County6,521 sites
Platte County5,999 sites
Cherry County5,663 sites
Saunders County5,425 sites
Custer County5,244 sites
Seward County5,042 sites
Gage County5,030 sites
York County4,813 sites
Morrill County4,715 sites
Howard County4,602 sites
Showing top 20 of 96 counties
Top Water Right Holders
By permitted flow across the state's 500 largest rights.
Central Nebraska Public Power Irrigation District25,686 CFS
Central Platte Natural Resources District15,639 CFS
Nebraska Public Power District8,780 CFS
Omaha Public Power District3,309 CFS
Nebraska Public Power District,Nebraska Game Parks Commission,Niobrara River Basin Alliance Nrba2,460 CFS
Nebraska Game Parks Commission1,964 CFS
Pathfinder Irrigation District1,572 CFS
Twin Loups Reclamation District1,570 CFS
Metropolitan Utilities District Of Omaha1,500 CFS
Omaha Public Power District,Nebraska City Power Station1,225 CFS
Gering Fort Laramie Irrigation District781 CFS
North Loup River Public Power Irrigation District630 CFS
Ainsworth Irrigation District498 CFS
Frenchman Cambridge Irrigation District451 CFS
Thirty Mile Irrigation District Central Platte Nrd426 CFS
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