Colorado Water
Colorado and Kansas may end up in court again over monetary damages Kansas claims it is owed in the disupute around water flows in the Arkansas river, according to the Rocky Mountain News [January 21, 2004, "Arkansas River fight may return court"]. From the article, Kansas sued Colorado in 1984, claiming it withheld too much water from the Arkansas as it flowed into southwest Kansas, violating a 1949 compact between the two states. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Kansas in 1995, but the two states still are arguing over monetary damages and future enforcement of the compact. The two states are at least $20 million apart in their estimates for how much Colorado owes Kansas. Kline said the issue will be among those he plans to take to the nation's highest court, appealing ruling issued by a special master appointed by the Supreme Court."
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