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Nebraska has purchased 90 acres in Colorado as part of a project to send South Platte water across the border.

Nebraska's governor proposed a new 鈥渃anal and reservoir system鈥� to redirect water as part of the 1923 South Platte River Compact. But particulars about the plan are scarce, leaving agencies involved with the river hungry for more details, and some experts confused as to how Nebraska would pull it off.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a $500 million plan Monday to divert water out of Colorado under a 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize access to Colorado land along the South Platte River and build canals.

An old water clich茅 tells us that 鈥渨ater flows uphill toward money.鈥� It鈥檚 an adage born out of people鈥檚 frustrations about who benefits when water moves鈥�

The price of water within northern Colorado鈥檚 largest reservoir system is the highest it鈥檚 ever been.Units of water within the Colorado-Big Thompson (CBT)鈥�

Stories of Western groundwater wells going dry started bubbling up during a multi-year drought that began in 2012. Farmers and rural communities鈥�

A proposal that would jumpstart the chicken business in Nebraska has some residents concerned about the potential impact on the environment and are trying鈥�

Living in the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska means understanding that the water in your well may contain high levels of nitrates and may not be鈥�

Contaminated drinking water isn鈥檛 just a problem for Flint, Michigan. Many towns and cities across the Midwest and Great Plains face pollution seeping鈥�

Wet spring and summer rains soaked much of the High Plains in 2015. The Platte River, which runs through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska before emptying鈥�