FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A water resource district representing citizens whose land would be flooded by a Red River diversion project says the North Dakota state engineer should not have approved a construction permit.
An appeal filed in state court by the Richland County Water Resource District says the engineer's office failed to give the group notice of the application for the project, as required by law. The appeal says notice was provided to the neighboring Cass County Joint Water Resource District.
The $2.1 billion channel is designed to move water around the flood-prone Fargo metropolitan area, but would need a staging area in Cass and Richland counties to store water in times of serious flooding.
The state engineer's office did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment.
