Authorities in Nebraska are trying to figure out who was responsible for releasing 16 million gallons of water from the Cambridge Canal after opening the dam on an irrigation channel this month. The head of irrigation district that is in charge of the 48-mile-long Cambridge Canal discovered a problem on Aug. 14 when the readings on his computer showed that the flow of water in the canal had dropped by half overnight. He then scrambled to contact farmers and replenish the water flow in the canal before he called the sheriff. The estimated amount of water that was lost is estimated to be around $2,600. The Furnas County Sheriff Doug Brown says he’s trying to figure out why someone would do this and what he is going to charge them with when he finds out.
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