301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94676
Lincoln, NE 68509-4676
Telephone: (402) 471-3005
Fax: (402) 471-2900
E-mail: jim.ostdiek@nebraska.gov
Responsibilities
- Administer surface water uses
- Safety inspection of dams
- Operate streamgaging stations and compute streamflow records
- Mediate water-related conflicts
- Support administion of the Blue River Compact
Jurisdictional Area
- Southeast Nebraska (22 counties, 12,600 square miles)
- Lower Missouri, Lower Platte, Little Blue, Big Blue, Little Nemaha and Big Nemaha rivers and their tributaries and accompanying drainage basins
