Nebraska has announced a $500 million project that would divert water from the South Platte River into a canal and reservoir to ensure producers have rights to their water.
Don Batie, a farmer from Lexington, says Colorado is using more water than it agreed to under a 100-year-old pact, making farmers “very cautious and worried about losing our irrigation water,” Batie says. “Two-thirds of the value of our farm ground is just because we have access to irrigation water.
