Sidney ahead of state in solving water issues

From the beginning of time, humans have been concerned with their water supply.

The purpose of Nebraska’s Water Funding Task Force, which met in Sidney at the end of last month, is to find long term funding for the state’s water projects to help maintain water sustainability, according to a press release from the group.

The city of Sidney already dealt with some major water issues before the rest of the state got on board.

“We had an early start on water issues because we didn’t have water at times so we’re basically ahead of the race,” said Keith Rexroth, local representative to the task forc...