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Water is shown in an irrigation canal in Fernley, Nev. near Reno on March 18, 2021. A U.S. appeals court has breathed new life into a rural Nevada's town's unusual bid to halt government repairs to an aging, federal irrigation canal that burst and flooded nearly 600 homes 15 years ago. The town of Fernley, area farmers and ranchers in the high desert 30 miles east of Reno say the renovation that finally began this year might help guard against another failure of the 118-year-old earthen canal. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than it appears on surface

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

Water flows through an irrigation canal in Fernley, Nev. about 30 miles east of Reno Thursday, March 18, 2021. The town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West with the promise of free land and cheap water is suing the U.S. government over plans to renovate the earthen canal that burst and flooded nearly 600 homes in Fernley in 2008. Residents say plans to line parts of it with concrete will eliminate leakage they've counted on for decades to replenish the groundwater aquifer they tap with domestic wells. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

US judge denies order sought by Nevada town in canal dispute

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Nevada town fights plan to fix century-old canal amid COVID

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