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04/24/2003 Archived Entry: "More on the water war..."

MORE ON THE WATER WAR

I wonder what the people in Ellsworth County are going to do when they wake up some morning and realize Salina, Russell and Hays have claimed all the water rights to Kanopolis Lake and what little might be left for us will be so expensive we can hardly afford it? We could be the big losers in this political game of "who get's the water"?

Do you know how many people from Ellsworth cared enough about this very serious issue to attend the water meeting yesterday? Seven of us, that I saw. There may have been others but the room should have been full of people from Ellsworth. There were a lot of people from Hays, Russell and Trego Couty. Cedar Bluff is another water target for Hays and Russell.

We all may have water tomorrow and next year, but you need to be seriously concerned about where you are going to get it in 10 to 20 years. People in western Kansas have already come to this realization...and are ready to wage war over water rights.

Who do you have protecting your water rights?