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Irrigators ponder class action lawsuit

Monday, December 9, 2013

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Smarting from the loss of 40,000 acre feet of water during the 2013 irrigating season, farmers from the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District are giving consideration to a class action lawsuit to protect their interests.

More than 100 F-CID irrigators gathered Friday at the Cambridge Community Building for a briefing by Dave Domina, a veteran attorney with extensive experience in the water field.

No official action was taken, however, the overwhelming consensus was to pursue compensation and/or legal action.

The Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District serves between 350 and 400 irrigators in four Southwest Nebraska counties: Hitchcock, Red Willow, Furnas and Harlan.With four canals that span a combined total of 156 miles, F-CID's 12 employees serve irrigators with 45,669 acres of farmland.

Brad Edgerton is the general manager of the Frenchman-Cambridge District. The district works closely with other irrigation districts up and down the Frenchman and Republican River valleys, including the Frenchman Valley, Hitchcock & Red Willow and Bostwick districts, stretching all the way from Palisade on the west to Superior on the east.

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  • One irrigation district should not sign-off to receive a significant number of more inches of water than the others. Year after year it is more of the same. Things must change.

    -- Posted by dennis on Mon, Dec 9, 2013, at 3:14 PM

  • The Imperial newspaper had an editorial about how great a job the Upper NRD has done to help meet compact requirements.

    -- Posted by dennis on Tue, Dec 10, 2013, at 9:26 AM
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