Republican River Basin Water Sustainability Task Force Facilitation
The PPC will be facilitating meetings of the 26 member Republican River Basin Sustainability Task Force, preparing the first drafts of the required reports on behalf of the task force, and otherwise generally assist the task force as needed. The purposes of the task force as established by LB 1057 (2010), are to define water sustainability, develop and recommend a plan to reach water sustainability in the basin, and develop and recommend a plan to help avoid a water shortage in the basin. The task force is to produce a preliminary report to the Governor and Legislature on or before May 15, 2011 and a final report on or before May 15, 2012.
Key Partners
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Law
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Drought Mitigation Center
Funding
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources