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<br />TABLE OF CO NT (CONT) <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 /> <br />appropriate state agency. . . . . " . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 3-13 <br /> <br />Alternative # 11: Qualify the amount of water hydrologically <br />available beneath particular surface formations and <br /> <br />give each landovvnei a vested right to 'vvithdra'.lJ a <br />particular quantity of water based on the total number of acres of overlying <br /> <br />land owned by the land owner......................................................... 3-14 <br /> <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 /> <br />Conclusion .................................................................................. 3-19 <br /> <br />Footnotes................................................................................... 3-19 <br />CHAPTER FOUR - RELATIONSHIP OF THIS STUDY TO OTHER ................................4-1 <br /> <br />Study #1: Instream Flows.................................................................... 4-1 <br /> <br />Study #2: Water Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 <br /> <br />Study #3: Groundwater Reservoir Management.............................................. 4-2 <br /> <br />Study #4: Water Use Efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 <br /> <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 /> <br />Study #8: Interbasin Transfers............................................................... 4-3 <br />Study #9: Weather Modification.............................................................. 4-3 <br /> <br />Study # 10: Water-Energy.................................................................... 4-3 <br /> <br />Study #11: Surface-Groundwater Integration................................................ .4-3 <br />SUMMARY OF HEARINGS........................................................................ S-1 <br />