irrigation

Officials are looking into options for a permanent fix, including installing a fiberglass tube or rerouting the irrigation system.

The cost to repair the century-old tunnel is nearing $4 million.

The 14-foot-wide tunnel that collapsed July 17 is part of a system that delivers water in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska.

Ricketts says he's been in frequent contact with Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and state lawmakers from the area.

District officials say it is a temporary plan to save this year's harvest of corn, sugar beets and other crops.

More than 100,000 acres of farmland in southeastern Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle is in jeopardy of going dry after an irrigation tunnel collapsed last week.
The canal, which supplies irrigation water to Goshen County, apparently collapsed early July 17 roughly a mile south of Fort Laramie...

The Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday announced that it will begin filling the reservoir on April 1.

Federal officials plan to announce Friday how much water they can release this year through a vast system of rivers, canals and reservoirs, but Central Valley farmers on the front lines of California's historic drought expect little, if anything.