Cease and Desist
In late August, another group of Colorado irrigation wells were ordered turned off. These wells were within a few miles of the Nebraska Colorado border. The crops still needed water. One of the well owners went out to turn the well on and found this notice taped to his control panel.
Nebraska will be out of compliance at the end of 2007. At that point in time, Kansas will have the option of returning to court and demanding Nebraska wells be turned off. The DNR and the NRD have said they expect Kansas to have mercy.
WaterClaim was formed because we don’t want to see a notice like this on any of the area wells. While Kansas might have mercy, we don’t want to trust the future of the area to hope that Kansas will simply go away.
As a result, WaterClaim is working to make sure we comply with the Agreement Nebraska made on our behalf. For that to happen, there needs to be a change in a couple of the NRD boards.