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<br />TABLE OF CONT (CO NT) <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Alternative #9: Adopt a Comparative Cause Rule as the <br />definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska........,........................ 3-12 <br />Alternative #10: Adopt a groundwater property rights system where rights are <br />created and evidenced by securing a permit from an <br />appropriate state agency.............................................................. 3-13 <br />Alternative # 11: Qualify the amount of water hydrologically <br />available beneath particular surface formations and <br />give each landowner a vested right to withdraw a <br />particular quantity of water based on the total number of acres of overlying <br />land owned by the land owner......................................,.................. 3-14 <br />Alternative # 12: Quantify the amount of water hydrologically available <br />beneath particular surface formations and give each landowner a <br />vested right to withdraw a particular Quantity of water based on the <br />number of acres of productive irrigable land owned by the overlying owner........... 3-16 <br />Alternative # 13: Codify the rules derived from Nebraska <br />cases, as near as they can be determined, as the <br />definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska.......................... .......3-17 <br />Conclusion.............................. ...........................,.....,........... .......3,19 <br />Footnotes............ ..........................................................,............ 3-19 <br />CHAPTER FOUR. RELATIONSHIP OF THIS STUDY TO OTHER.............................. ..4-1 <br /> <br />Study #1: Instream Flows. .................... .............................................. .4-1 <br />Study #2: Water Quality...................................................................... 4-2 <br />Study #3: Groundwater Reservoir Management..................................,........... 4,2 <br />Study #4: Water Use Efficiency.........................,..... .............,...........,.....4-2 <br />Study # 5: Selected Water Rights Issues .....................................................4-2 <br />Study #6: Municipal Water Needs.................,........... ...............................4-3 <br />Study #7: Supplemental Water Supplies..........,....... .......................,...........4,3 <br />Study #8: Interbasin Transfers.......,..................,.....,........................,.... .4'3 <br />Study #9: Weather Modification.............. ........................................... .....4-3 <br /> <br />Study # 1 0: Water,Energy.................................................................... 4-3 <br />Study # 11: Surface'Groundwater Integration................................................ .4'3 <br />SUMMARY OF HEARINGS""""""""""""""""."""""""".""""""""""" S-l <br />