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

A rural Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water is suing the U.S. government over the way it plans to renovate a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal.

NEW TONIGHT!A WATER PROBLEM IN A NEVADATOWN.THE FEDS WANT TO FIX A LEAKINGCANAL...BUT THE PEOPLE LIVINGTHERE RELY ON THAT WATER TO FILLTHEIR WELLS.THE TOWN IS SUING THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT.THE CANAL IN QUESTION BURST IN2008 AND FLOODED 600 HOMES.THE CITY OF FERNLEY IS IN LYONCOUNTY.IT SAYS IT ESTABLISHED WATERRIGHTS LONG AGO AND THE