May 16, 2008--Water dispute likely headed to outside arbitrator (Denver Post)
Nebraska and Kansas water officials on Friday failed to resolve their dispute over use of Republican River basin water, increasing chances the issue will return to court. At stake are millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated land. The two sides, along with Colorado water officials, met over two days in a last-ditch effort to reach agreement and avoid hiring an arbitrator to help settle their differences. But the two sides left the talks in essentially the same position they have been in for months: Disagreeing over whether Nebraska has a good plan to comply with a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decree that governs water distribution.
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