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r .... '\ .... I . Table of Contents Page COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION.......I INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. .111 SUMMARy.......................................................................................... V CHAPTER ONE. GROUNDWATER PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NEBRASKA........................ 1-1 Introduction................................................. ... ...............................1-1 Analysis 01 Nebraska Decisions............................................................... 1-1 1. Olson v. City of Wahoo................................................................. '-1 2. Luchsinger v. Loup River Public Power District......................................... 1-2 3. Metropolitan Utilities District v. Merritt Beach Co. ......................................1-3 4. Burger v. City of Beatrice............................................................... 1-3 5. Prather v. Eisenmann.................................................................. 1-4 6. State ex rei. Douglas v. Sporhase ...................................................... 1-5 Relevant Nebraska Statutes.................................................................. 1-5 Synthesis and Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . 1-6 Footnotes....................................................... ..............................1-8 CHAPTER TWO - CRtTICAL ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LAW..................................... 2.1 Introduction....................................... _...........................................2-1 Protection of Private Rights................................................................... 2-1 Protection of Public Rights.................................................................... 2-2 Summary........................................................ ..............................2-3 Footnotes..................................................................................... 2-4 CHAPTER THREE - ALTERNATtVE LEGISLATIVE POLICY ACTIONS ...........................3-1 Introduction................................................................................... 3-1 Scope of Chapter.......................................................................... .3-1 Identification of Alternatives................................................................ 3-1 Information Presented for Each Alternative................................................. 3-2 Discussion of Alternatives.................................................................... .3-3 Alternative #- 1: Make no change in present pOlicy.......................................... 3-3 Alternative #2: Adopt the English Rule of Absolute Ownership as the definiton of groundwater property rights in Nebraska............................ 3-3 Alternative #3: Adopt the American Rule of Reasonable Use as the definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska........................... 3.4 Alternative #4: Adopt the California Rule of Correlative Rights as the definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska............................................................... ............ .3-6 Alternative #5: Adopt a Rule of Reasonable Use as developed in certain eastern states as the definiton of groundwater property rights in Nebraska............................................. 3.9 Alternative #6: Adopt the reasonable use rules found in the RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS ,858 as the definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska.....,............................ 3-9 Alternative #7: Adopt a First User Rule as the definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska............................_................ .3-t 1 Alternative #8: Adopt a Preference in Use Rule as the definition of groundwater property rights in Nebraska................................. 3-11 .