Irrigation Water Use Dropped By 30 Percent In Nebraska

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Omaha World-Herald
Sun, 01/25/2015 - 10:43pm

Irrigators and other water users consumed 30 percent less water last year compared with 2013 across a wide swath of Nebraska, according to new data.

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