Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Title 117 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 1 - DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 117-1-033 - Lake or Impounded Water
Current through September 17, 2024
"Lake or Impounded Water" means any waterbody with all of the following characteristics:
(1) situated in a topographic depression or a dammed stream channel;
(2) 30 percent or less areal coverage of trees, shrubs, persistent emergent aquatic plants, or emergent mosses; and
(3) total area exceeds 20 acres. Similar waterbodies totaling less than 20 acres are also included if an active waveformed or bedrock shoreline feature makes up all or part of the boundary, or if the water depth in the deepest part of the basin exceeds 6.6 feet. Impounded waters in this definition may be manmade or naturally occurring collections or confinements of water. They do not include areas designated by the Department as wastewater treatment or wastewater retention facilities or irrigation reuse pits.
