Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado have agreed to a method of managing the Republican River, a waterway shared by all three states.
As The Wichita Eagle reports, the river has long been a source of costly legal disputes and bitter exchanges between the states. The new resolutions were praised by the governors of the three states.
In a press release Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts said, “These resolutions represent a long-term strategy for representing each state and ultimately improving water management for water users.” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said the agreement shows a new commitment to address water challenges among their states.
The Republican originates in Colorado and runs mostly through Nebraska before ending in Kansas. The river provides irrigation for hundreds of thousands of acres of cropland.