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Nebraska’s Interest in the South Platte River Compact
Colorado, being the Headwaters state (see LWS 6/8/21 blog), is subject to several interstate compacts that regulate water use in the river basins that rise in Colorado but pass into downstream states. The South Platte River Compact (“Compact”) is one such compact. It was signed between the States of Colorado and Nebraska on April 27, 1923...