Republican River Flood of 1935: Deaths and Destruction an Unannounced

Republican River Flood 1935 is Book V in the Nebraska's Groundwater series.The 1935 Republican River flood was more than a historic disaster. It was a proof scene. It showed the force of water moving across the land, the danger of forgetting what rivers can do, and the importance of understanding how surface water, groundwater, dams, reservoirs, streamflow, and public records all fit together.In this volume, Mark Uerling returns to the Republican River Basin and the long memory of the flood. The book connects family recollection, Nebraska water history, compact accounting, reservoir development, groundwater depletion, recharge, and the public record into one plain-English account.This book is written for readers who want to understand Nebraska as one of the world's most consequential groundwater regions on Earth-and why the lessons of 1935 still matter.It is a factual and educational book about water, memory, law, and the aquifer beneath Nebraska.