It’s the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have been left increasingly dry by climate change.

The Perkins County Canal Project has generated tension between the states since 2022. Attorney General Phil Weiser threatened legal action over Nebraska’s use of eminent domain

Nebraska is taking Colorado to the U.S. Supreme Court over a dispute involving the 1923 South Platte River Compact, which governs how the two states share water.