ALMA, Neb. (AP) — Two Nebraska natural resources districts have approved an operational agreement for diverting Platte River water into the Republican River, helping the state meet its obligations to Kansas and Colorado.

Last week boards for the Lower Republican and the Tri-Basin natural resources districts approved the agreement, which will guide what they’re calling the Platte to Republican Basin High Flow Diversion Project. That entity will be overseen by a board of directors that includes representatives from both districts.

The water will flow from the Platte to the Republican via an irrigation canal and Turkey Creek.

The three-state Republican River agreement allocates 49 percent of the river’s water to Nebraska, 40 percent to Kansas and 11 percent to Colorado. Nebraska has faced lawsuits from Kansas in recent years for allegedly overusing its supply.