200,000 acre feet
You will often hear a 200,000 acre feet number quoted in the press about how much Nebraska is or might be over by end of the 2007. The below numbers are more accurate.
Amount Nebraska is over its allocation
Year___Overage___Note
2003___(25,420)
2004___(36,640)
2005___(42,325)_____Not finalized, in dispute over 500 Acre Feet
2006___ (32,324)____Unofficial, preliminary results
Total__ (136,759)____Four year accumulated overage
There is also an 8,700 AF error that Nebraska believes is in its favor. If it can persuade Kansas to agree that will be credited to Nebraska. The error was also present in prior years but the DNR does not believe that it can get credit for the previous years because it has already agreed to the final numbers with Kansas.
It is important to note that the error was brought to the attention of the DNR a couple of years ago but it was not until recently that the DNR agreed that the error was present.
This means that Nebraska may not try to get credit for the error present in the 2003 or 2004 numbers. It probably will try for the 2005 and 2006 years because those are still open.