The Upper Big Blue NRD has many responsibilities as it oversees the quality and quantity of groundwater throughout Nebraska.  Below is the Rules & Regulations Book that is organized into ten chapters:

 RULE 1:  Public Participation at Official   

               Meetings of the District.

 RULE 2:  Conduct of Informal, Non-

               Adjudicatory Public Hearings.

 RULE 3:  Conduct of Formal, Adjudicatory 

               Hearings Before the District.

 RULE 4:  Rules and Regulations for the

               Enforcement of the Ground  

               Water Management and 

               Protection Act.

 RULE 5:  General Regulations for Ground

               Water Management Area #1 &   

               Ground Water Management      

               Area #2.

 RULE 6:  Upper Big Blue NRD Parks

               Regulations.

 RULE 6 MAP Appendix:  Map Details of  

              Recreation Sites Managed 

              Through Upper Big Blue NRD   

              Parks Regulations.

 RULE 7:  Chemigation Rules and  

               Regulations Supplemental to  

               Title 195 of the Dept. of     

               Environmental Quality.

 RULE 8:  Rules and Regulations for 

               Implementing The Nebraska 

               Erosion and Sediment Control

               Act.

 RULE 9:  Rules of Practice and Procedures

                    Specifying the Scientific and Other  

                    Data Used for Development of

                    Integrated Management Plans.