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Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report

A well measuring tape is positioned next to an irrigation well head in preparation for making a water level measurement.

Groundwater levels continue to decline amid persistent drought conditions

April 3, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

A sunset over the Platte River. A new report issued by the Conservation and Survey Division shows that nearly all of Nebraska saw declines in groundwater levels between spring 2012 and spring 2013.

Groundwater levels generally recovering from 2012 drought

March 29, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

This map from the 2017 Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report shows groundwater-level changes in Nebraska from spring 2016 to spring 2017.

Report: Nebraska continues to see modest groundwater decline

March 14, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

corn irrigation

State groundwater levels recovering from 2012 drought

March 9, 2017

Rain falls near UNL's Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory in the Nebraska sandhills. A new groundwater report issued by UNL's School of Natural Resources shows that much of Nebraska is beginning to recover from the 2012-13 drought.

Report shows groundwater levels on the rise

February 5, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

On average, water levels declined half a foot from spring 2013 to spring 2014, compared to average declines of 2.55 feet from spring 2012 to spring 2013. (Map courtesy Conservation and Survey Division)

Report reveals continued declines, some rises in statewide groundwater levels

January 30, 2015