15 Feb 2018
9th Circuit opinion on federal reserved right to groundwater
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Native Americans and others claiming federal reserved water rights have a right to groundwater under their lands, upending almost a century of water rights practice (see the Opinion which is also embedded below, and the 1908 case, Winters v. United States). In November 2017, the U.S. Supreme […]
16 Feb 2018
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Study reveals that storing South Platte water is an expensive solution for shortfalls
Too much water is making its way from Colorado into Nebraska via the South Platte River, say legislators, water experts and water users. Storage solutions could cost up to $1 billion. Not only are they expensive, new storage reservoirs are complicated by other issues, such as environmental impacts and regulatory burdens. While there is more […]
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