July 16, 2008--RRWCD's planned pipeline not quite enough (Sterling Journal Advocate)
The 12-mile pipeline planned for delivering well water from the Republican River Basin in Colorado to the Nebraska state line falls a little short — not in length, but because it does not adequately compensate Kansas on the South Fork of the Republican. At their quarterly meeting here Thursday, board members from the Republican River Water Conservation District heard from Jim Slattery, owner of Slattery Aqua Engineers, that the proposed pipeline to carry water to the North Fork of the Republican River won’t satisfy all compact requirements.
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