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2022-01-11 -Land of the Free

Nebraska announces $500M plan to claim water from Colorado

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Posted by 746 2022-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 "...Mmmm, begun, the water wars have."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-01-11 04:52|| 2022-01-11 04:52|| Front Page Top

#2 CO sells this water to CA. Maybe they can sell more pot to make up the revenue shortfall?

Posted by Angstrom 2022-01-11 09:35|| 2022-01-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ I'm not sure this watershed supplies any Colorado River shipments that CA might eventually get?

Posted by Frank G 2022-01-11 10:05|| 2022-01-11 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 So we need to distinguish between Colorado water and Colorado River water. I'd guess Colorado River water and the water Nebraska wants come from different sides of the Continental Divide.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-01-11 13:25|| 2022-01-11 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Platte water ends up in the Mississippi.

"Too thick to drink, too thin to plow."
/Potato Brumbough

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-11 13:47|| 2022-01-11 13:47|| Front Page Top

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