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<br />COMMISSION COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,.""""",......."""".... ,,",," I
<br />INTRODUCTION". .."",., "",..,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,, ..."."".."."." "."" ". "." "."" III
<br />SUMMARY. ". '''''' '"'' ,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,.,,,.,..,.,,...,,... .."..,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,, "." V
<br />CHAPTER ONE. RIPARIAN RIGHTS IN NEBRASKA: BACKGROUND AND PRESENT
<br />STATUS ". ". ". "....".. "...."."..,,,.,,,,..,,.. """,."",,,.....,,....,,,. ,,,..,....1-1
<br />Theories of Surface Water Rights. . .. .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . ... ................................. 1-1
<br />Riparian Rights................................................. .......... .... ... 1-1
<br />Appropriative Rights........................... ................. ........... .. ...... 1-2
<br />Development of Riparian and Appropriative Rights in Nebraska...... ........................ '-2
<br />Riparian Rights.................................................. .... ........1.2
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<br />Appropriative Rights...................................................................... '-2
<br />Judicial Resolution of Riparian-Appropriative Conflicts........................................ '.2
<br />Early Riparian-Appropriative Cases. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . ,-3
<br />Recent Cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '-3
<br />Footnotes...... ....................................... ... .....................................1-4
<br />CHAPTER TWO. EFFECT OF RIPARIAN RIGHTS ON SURFACE WATER ALLOCATION IN
<br />NEBRASKA,.""...,...,.,..................................................................~,
<br />Practical Effects of Riparian Rights........... _...............,.......... _......... _..........2-'
<br />Role of Riparian Rights in Water User Expectations...................................... 2-'
<br />Basis of Riparian Rights.................................... .........................2-'
<br />Potential Riparian-Appropriative Conflicts................................................ 2-2
<br />Livestock Watering Riparian Conflicts......................................................... 2-2
<br />Judicial Resolution of Potential Stockwatering Disputes................................. 2-3
<br />Disputes Involving Extra.Preference Uses........:.... _..................................2-3
<br />Judicial Resolution of Conflicts Involving Extra-Preference Water Uses.................. 2-4
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<br />Footnotes...................................................................... ..2-5
<br />CHAPTER THREE. RESOLUTION OF RIPARIAN.APPROPRIATIVE CONFLICTS IN OTHER
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<br />WESTERN STATES,.......,......,..,.""....,............,...,......... ............ ..3.,
<br />Recognition of the Riparian Doctrine....................................... ...............3-'
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<br />Purpose of Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . 3-'
<br />Dormant Riparian Rights........... ......................................... .............3-2
<br />Riparian Livestock Watering....... ...................................................... 3-2
<br />Riparian Priority Dates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
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<br />Summary.................................................. ................................3-3
<br />Footnotes........................................ _............. ............................3-3
<br />CHAPTER FOUR. ALTERNATIVE LEGISLATIVE POLICY ACTIONS,.,.....,....,.,.,.......... 4.,
<br />Introduction........................................... .......................................4-1
<br />Identification of Alternatives............................. _.....................................4-'
<br />Information Presented for Each Alternative.................................................... 4-2
<br />Alternative # 1: Take No Legislative Action.................................................... 4-2
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<br />Description............................................................................... 4-2
<br />Methods of Implementation.............................................................. 4-2
<br />Changes in Water Use Patterns.......................... _.....................,.........4-3
<br />Physical/Hydrologic/Environmental Impacts.............................................. 4-3
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