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Article: Irrigation Empire Part 6: Nebraska's water barons.
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- Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2007
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Byline: David Hendee
Jun. 10--Money flows from water, and irrigators know it.
Farmers who recognize the value of water have reaped economic benefits from pumping Nebraska's underground wealth.
Who are these irrigators?
Nebraska's biggest groundwater irrigators are among the state's leading farm operators. They embrace technology and efficiency.
Most are survivors. Some are third-, fourth- or fifth-generation descendants of Nebraskans who started with small homesteads. Others came in recent years, attracted by world-class reserves of underground water.
Some fiercely defend unlimited use of water; others think the state ...