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Nebraska was promised a share of South Platte River water. Where did it go?
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Nebraska was promised a share of South Platte River water. Where did it go?
Telegraph examines river flows, water rights after Supreme Court suit
- TODD VON KAMPEN North Platte Telegraph
- Sep 10, 2025
- Sep 10, 2025
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The Telegraph opens a two-part series on Nebraska's U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit against Colorado by analyzing 99 years of state-line South Platte River flows under the South Platte River Compact.
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The 28-mile-long Western Irrigation Canal leaves the South Platte River below the walkway in the background of this Aug. 3 photo at the canal’s Deuel County headgates near Interstate 76. The 1923 South Platte River Compact requires Colorado to supply at least 120 cubic feet per second, when available, to the canal annually between April 1 and Oct. 15. Nebraska accuses Colorado of regularly failing to meet its mandate in a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit filed July 16.
TODD VON KAMPEN, THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
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