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<br /> <br />-" ,~ r: <br /> <br />pumping within 50 feet of a stream bank. <br />With the passage of LB 577 during the 1975 session of the <br />Nebraska Legislature, a more comprehensive system of regulating <br />the withdrawal of ground water has been enacted for areas where <br />declining water tables may prove serious in nature. In areas <br />where there are no declining water tables, or where declining <br />water tables do not appear to be of serious concern, ground water <br />use will remain subject to the case law and legislation discussed <br />in the previous two paragraphs. If, however, it can be demonstrated <br />in accordance with the criteria of Legislative Bill 577 that the <br />ground water supply of an area is inadequate to meet present or <br />reasonably foreseeable needs, control areas may be established, <br />following public hearing, by the Director of Water Resources. <br />Once a control area has been established, it then becomes the re- <br />sponsibility of the local natural resources district or districts <br />to establish regulations for the withdrawal and use of the ground <br />water supply within the control area. These regulations may take <br />the form of allocation systems, rotation systems, well spacing <br />standards more restrictive than those discussed above, or, in ex- <br />treme cases, the prohibition of additional wells within the control <br />area. Perm~ts to be issued by the Director of Water Resources will <br />be required for all wells to be drilled within a control area if <br />such wells will exceed a capacity of 100 gallons per minute. Such- <br />permits can be denied if the issuance thereof would permit a well <br />in conflict with district adopted rules and regulations, or, if <br />the well would not be utilized beneficially for domestic, agricul- <br />tural, or manufacturing purposes. <br /> <br />2-38 <br />