Nebraska governor to assert eminent domain over Colorado in fight over water supply
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is planning to use eminent domain to take land in Colorado to build a canal off the South Platte River, claiming that a 99-year-old agreement allows him to do it.
"Nebraska’s producers — our farmers and ranchers — feed the world. And after our people, water is Nebraska’s greatest natural resource," Ricketts said, adding that if Colorado goes through with all of its plans, "they will reduce the amount of water coming to us by 90% and that would have a dramatic impact on our state."
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