JEFFERSON CITY — The water wars are raging again in America's heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri River — to drink from their faucets, irrigate their crops and float the barges that carry billions of dollars of agricultural products to market.
For Missouri River states, drought revives old water war
Thursday, December 6, 2012 | 7:03 p.m. CST
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