May 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Water Committee Meeting
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1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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2. REGULATORY
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2.A. GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA
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2.A.1. Variance Requests in the Restricted Development Areas
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2.A.2. Well Permit Program
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2.A.3. Voluntary Integrated Water Management Plan - LPNNRD
Rationale:
The V-IMP was adopted jointly by NeDNR and LPNNRD in June 2018. The plan goes through annual reviews with a more extensive evaluation planned for every 5 years. The NeDNR has reached out and is wanting to do extensive review of the goals and objectives of the plan. A letter is attached to start the process along with the 2018 V-IMP plan.
Staff recommends reviewing the plan with NeDNR.
Recommended Motion(s):
Recommend approving the letter that will sent to NeDNR to start the process to re-evaluate the V-IMP goals and objectives with signature from general manager. Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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2.A.4. Cost Share Programs
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2.A.5. Lower Platte River Basin Water Management Plan Coalition (LPRBC)
Rationale:
Nothing new to report.
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2.B. CHEMIGATION
Rationale:
As of May 29, 2024, we have 424 renewals and 18 new permit applications for a current total of 442. Inspections for 1 new permit have been completed. In 2023, the NRD had 701 permits with the deadline for renewal being June 1.
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2.C. GROUND WATER ENERGY LEVELS
Rationale:
The Committee asked staff to obtain a hydro-geologist to present information about the current aquifer regions, trigger levels and compare monitoring wells in each area. LRE made a presentation to address some of these issues.
**The following tasks have been updated since the Water Committee Meeting:** Task 1 - Subarea Review and Delineation - $8,000 Task 2 - Review Spring/Fall Wells and Standardize Hydrographs. - $9,000 Task 3 - Quantity Trigger Evaluation - $3,000 Task 4 - Protocols for Evaluating New Well Permit Application Establishing Safe-Yield Thresholds - $4,000 The total for all 4 tasks is $35,000. The Committee reviewed Version 1.0 with 62 wells instead of reviewing 200 wells, which Version 2.0 includes. With the extra wells and additional tasks, the cost is now $35,000 and the Water Committee recommended $25,000 for 3 tasks added to the budget for next year. If the Board wants to do all 4 tasks, the motion would be for $35,000. More detailed information is attached explaining what is being proposed. This would be an amendment to the GWMP update if the Board moves forward.
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2.D. Groundwater Management Plan
Rationale:
An invoice is attached from LRE for $6,701.50 for the GWMP update.
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2.E. GROUND WATER QUALITY SAMPLING
Rationale:
The staff and committee discussed the cost-sharing policy on Reverse Osmosis Units, which is attached. The Committee would like a chance to review the policy and get more feedback from other members. Questions were brought up about the scientific data about choosing 8 PPM as the threshold and expectations on nitrate reduction from the RO unit.
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2.E.1. Groundwater Quality Assessment
Rationale:
Staff and LRE had kickoff meetings with Platte Center and Newman Grove on their Source Water Protection Grants. At the March Board Meeting, the LPN agreed to do a water quality assessment of the Shell Creek Area to fill in the area between these communities. A map is attached showing the area that will be assessed along with an invoice for $2,203.
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2.F. Drought Plan Proposal
Rationale:
Attached is the Hazard Mitigation Contract Amendment to include a drought plan. The cost of the plan is $95,000, of which 75% is reimbursed by grant funding. The NRD share would be $23,750.
The Committee would like more time to evaluate the proposal and if it should be included in next year's budget.
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3. GROUND WATER PROGRAMS
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3.A. DECOMMISSIONED WELL PROGRAM
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3.A.1. Well Estimates
Rationale:
No new wells has been reviewed and approved for decommissioning since the last Committee meeting.
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3.A.2. Plugged Wells
Rationale:
No wells have been plugged, reviewed, and ready for cost share payment approval this month.
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3.B. LOWER PLATTE NORTH NRD GROUND WATER STUDIES
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3.B.1. Phase Area Update
Rationale:
There are no new applications or invoices to approve for the May Water Committee Meeting.
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3.B.2. Lower Platte River Sub-Regional Groundwater Modeling
Rationale:
An invoice is attached from Papio-Missouri River NRD for $23,697.22 for LPN share on this 3-year project for groundwater modeling. This is year 1 of this project with an update on how the modeling is progressing attached. This model, when completed, will assist in determining the hydrological connected area (HCA) and stream depletion factors.
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3.B.3. Lower Platte River Consortium
Rationale:
The next meeting is scheduled for June 11 as a virtual meeting.
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3.C. NEW MONITORING WELLS
Rationale:
Attached is an invoice for $3,908.20 from In-Situ for equipment to assist in connecting multiple HydroVus together. This will allow NRD staff to move equipment to other wells. This invoice will go against LPN credit at InSitu
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4. SURFACE WATER PROGRAMS
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4.A. STATE LAKES, FOR THE WEEK OF
Rationale:
This week's beach Bacteria and Harmful Algal Bloom results are now posted on the NDEE web page (Current Health Alerts and Sampling Results For This Week).
There will be 0 beaches on Health Alert this week.
We have 3 beaches with E.coli testing above 235 colonies/100 ml.
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5. OTHER
Rationale:
Water Leader Academy Update
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5.A. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
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