Allocation Tools

Having trouble figuring your water usage? Use these tools.

NRD Water Usage Tools
How to calculate water used, conversion formulas, samples of meter faces.

Ag Water Budget
http://www.agwaterbudget.com
The model was designed to be user-friendly with users entering their data and assumptions to calculate the most profitable utilization of their water resource. User defined scenarios can be saved for later review and revision. Use the model to figure: Water Balance by Crop; Annual Acreage Adjustment; Water Use Plan; Enterprise Profit & Loss; Profit & Loss Summary.

University of Nebraska Water Optimizer
http://real.unl.edu/h20/
The Water Optimizer tool was developed in response to several years of drought across the state and to farmers facing water restrictions in the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District and Republican River Basin. This tool evaluates single fields for several crop options. Irrigated crops include: corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, alfalfa, edible beans and sunflowers. Dryland crops include: corn, soybeans, sorghum, sunflowers, alfalfa and wheat in continuous, summer fallow and eco-fallow rotations.

Other Tools

Click here to check your well registration with the state. http://dnrdata.dnr.state.ne.us/wellssql/