Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against Colorado over how much water its neighbor draws from the South Platte River.

Nebraska officials on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against Colorado, alleging the Centennial State is allowing “unlawful water diversions” from a transboundary resource. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) ...

As recently announced, the State of Nebraska has taken a major step to ensure the state’s water supply is not being ...

It’s a red state vs. blue state court case over the water that both states’ agriculture industries depend upon, with the most ...

If ever proof was needed for the Western adage that “whiskey is for drinkin’, water is for fightin’,” one has only to look at ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is suing Colorado over the amount of water it draws from the South Platte River, the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have ...

The South Platte River flows near Fort Morgan on Thursday, April 28, 2022. As climate change-fueled megadrought edges eastward, Nebraska wants to divert water in Colorado by invoking an obscure ...

The lawsuit accuses Colorado of depriving Nebraska of as much as 1.3 million acre-feet of water from the river over several years that Nebraska is entitled to.

Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against Colorado over how much water its neighbor draws from the South Platte River.