Colorado leaders have requested that the Supreme Court refuse a case over water rights in the South Platte River.

The state of Nebraska filed a lawsuit this summer against Colorado over a 100-year-old agreement on water rights. The Nebraska governor and Nebraska attorney general said Colorado is not following the agreement about sharing water from the South Platte River.

The South Platte River flows on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Fort Morgan, Colo. As climate change-fueled megadrought edges eastward, Nebraska wants to divert water in Colorado by invoking an obscure, 99-year-old compact between the states that allows Nebraska to seize Colorado land along the South Platte River to build a canal. Brittany Peterson / AP

The conflict over water rights between the two states stretches back

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