In semi-arid desert land near the Colorado/Nebraska border, there’s been a dramatic increase in crops under pivot. Question: “Where are these junior water rights getting the water?” Historic flow charts show that near Kersey the South Platte generally loses its stream by August. Today’s flow charts show a trickle at Henderson then a sudden ballooning, daily and year round, at Kersey.

Whoever implemented Judge Roger Klein’s 2006 Water Augmentation System decision defied his instructions “No harm to Senior.” Instead, they shut down senior water rights owners’ wells, thereon denying them use of their water. This has resulted in overhydrating the upper end of the South Platte River. Overhydration has raised the water table from its historic approximate 20 feet below surface to surfacing. This

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