Supreme Court seeks Trump admin’s views in Western water fight
The Supreme Court wants to know where the Trump administration stands in a battle between Colorado and Nebraska over water from a river that flows between the two states. In a long list of orders issued Monday, the justices requested the solicitor general’s views on Nebraska’s plea for help from the high court in a challenge against Colorado for hampering the Cornhusker State’s effort to build a cross-border canal along the South Platte River. Nebraska sued Colorado in July, arguing that its neighbor is in violation of a 1923 compact that allows Nebraska to take nearly 65 million gallons of water per day during the irrigation season between April and mid-October, and larger volumes during the rest of the year.
