Colorado Shuts Down 44% of the Wells
The Rocky Mountain News has a story about how Colorado has decided to shut down about 44% of the irrigation wells on the South Platte.
By signing the Cooperative Agreement Nebraska has agreed to do the same type of thing on the Nebraska portion of the Platte. The reductions will be modest in the first 13 years but then Nebraska has committed to also shutting off wells. Nebraska says we can always opt out of the agreement in the future if it becomes too painful.
Nebraska seems to think that we can take the noose off our neck anytime we want to. We will just put it on now to make everyone happy and let the future politicians figure out how to escape from the commitments we are making now.
Oh, and those promises we made to get you to go along with putting that rope around your neck... It was someone else that made those promises.
The long term future of the Platte is even scarier than the Republican.