Via: The Associated Press – BISMARCK, N.D. Author: By BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press Writer. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
“Officials in the Canadian province of Manitoba are pressing their federal government to take the latest disagreement with North Dakota over Devils Lake floodwaters to an international group that referees water disputes.
North Dakota officials are unlikely to favor such a move, however, which could leave a court challenge as the only option for Manitoba _ a situation similar to what happened four years ago when the state built a $28 million outlet project to move floodwaters out of the Devils Lake basin.
Since early summer, North Dakota’s Health Department has been allowing the state Water Commission to release more lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne River and ultimately the Red River, which flows north into Canada. Health officials might make the change permanent, which Manitoba officials fear could harm their water quality….”
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