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Nebraska water guide suitable for framing
11/17/2008 7:43:40 AM
By David Hendee
Omaha World-Herald
LINCOLN - A new map bottles Nebraska's water issues into a poster-size package.
The free map from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln depicts a wide range of information about Nebraska's water resources. It goes into great depths about underground water.
The 24-by-36-inch "Nebraska Water Map'' is a collection of more than a dozen color graphics, each depicting different aspects of the state's water riches and challenges.
The map combines sciencebased information that has been published in other forms, making it more accessible to the public, said Lorrie Benson, assistant director of the UNL Water Center. The Water Center and several other entities produced the map.
"We produced the map with the idea of raising the level of interest in basic water issues and facts for all Nebraskans,'' Benson said.
Map features includes surface water, groundwater, irrigation, precipitation, threatened and endangered species and other water-related issues.
Its centerpiece is a large state map featuring rivers, major streams, lakes, canals and reservoirs. Counties, roadways, major cities and towns and prominent topographic features are depicted, along with Nebraska's 23 natural resources districts.
Surrounding the state map are smaller maps and graphics showing the High Plains groundwater aquifer, annual precipitation, how and where water is used in Nebraska, where registered irrigation wells are located, where groundwater nitrate and Atrazine contamination can be found, and how groundwater and surface water interact.
An online version of the map, under construction, will amplify much of the information on the printed map, as well as presenting additional information. It can be found at http://water.unl.edu.
Print copies of the map are available first-come, first-served through the UNL School of Natural Resources Nebraska Maps and More store on the first floor of Hardin Hall at 33rd and Holdrege Streets on UNL's East Campus. The store's phone is 402-472-3471 or visit the store online at http://
nebraskamaps.unl.edu.
If requesting larger quantities for educational use, contact Benson at 402-472-3305 or e-mail lbenson2(at)unl.edu.
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