LINCOLN — Nebraska’s Governor and Attorney General said the state is taking Colorado to the U.S. Supreme Court because Colorado isn’t following a 100-year-old agreement about sharing water from the South Platte River.

The South Platte River Compact, agreed to in 1923, says how much water Nebraska should get in the summer (irrigation) season and winter. Nebraska says Colorado is breaking that deal in two big ways:

Colorado is taking too much water from the river in the summer, which means Nebraska farmers aren’t getting what they need.
Colorado is blocking Nebraska from building a canal in Perkins County, which would help Nebraska get the water it’s promised

Because this is a disagreement between two states, the U.S. Supreme Court has to step in and decide what happens next.

“Today’s action comes only after we made every reasonable effort to resolve our differences with Colorado,” Gov. Jim Pillen said via news release. “Ultimately, Nebraska must push forward to secure our water for future generations. Although we hoped to avoid a lawsuit, we are confident we remain on schedule to complete the Perkins County Canal by 2032.”

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