NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A couple of Nebraska natural resources districts are taking advantage of high flows in the South Platte River to recharge the aquifer below.

The Twin Platte and South Platte NRDs have joined with Western Irrigation District and landowners in Keith and Deuel counties for the western Nebraska project.

The water is diverted at a gate near Julesburg, Colorado, and then sent down a canal system into reuse pits in both counties.

Ann Dimmitt of the Twin Platte district says the pits aren’t lined, so the water moves quickly through the coarse, gravelly soil.

The project is similar to those conducted in September and in 2011.