LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says groundwater levels have continued to drop in some parts of Nebraska but have risen elsewhere.

A state geologist, Aaron Young, says that from the spring 2013 to the spring 2014, groundwater levels continued to decline following the drought the state suffered from early 2012 through the summer of 2013. But he says the easing of drought conditions for the eastern half of the state and better water use practices moderated the declines.

Groundwater levels rose in some areas, however. In northern Colfax County, for example, in spring 2012 the groundwater level dropped more than 20 feet. By spring 2014, water levels had risen two to 10 feet in the same area.