Chapter 46 — IRRIGATION AND REGULATION OF WATER
861 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 2, § 8.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 896, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2011, LB 2, § 8.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-635 Ground water, defined.
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Ground water is that water which occurs or moves, seeps, filters, or percolates through the ground under the surface of the land.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-635.01 Water well, defined.
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For purposes of sections 46-636 and 46-637, water well shall have the same meaning as in section 46-601.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-636 Pumping for irrigation purposes; Legislature; finding.
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The Legislature finds that the pumping of water for irrigation purposes from water wells located within fifty feet of the bank of a channel of any natural stream may have a direct effect on the surface flow of such stream.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-637 Pumping for irrigation purposes; permit; application; approval by Chief Water Officer.
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The use of water described in section 46-636 may only be made after securing a permit from the Chief Water Officer for such use. In approving or disapproving applications for such permits, the Chief Water Officer shall take into account the effect that such pumping may have on th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-638 Terms, defined; permits to public water suppliers; Chief Water Officer; powers.
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(1) The Chief Water Officer may grant and administer permits to public water suppliers: (a) To locate, develop, and maintain ground water supplies through water wells or other means and to transport water into the area to be served; and (b) to continue existing use of ground wate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-639 Application for permit; contents; fee.
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An applicant which desires to avail itself of the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act shall make application in writing to the Chief Water Officer for a permit. The application shall include (1) a statement of the amount of water for which a permit is d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-640 Notice of application; publication; objections; hearing.
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Upon receipt of an application filed under section 46-639, the Chief Water Officer shall cause a notice of such application to be published at the applicant's expense at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published or of general circulation in each…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-641 Application; hearing, when.
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The Chief Water Officer may hold a hearing on an application filed under section 46-639 on the Chief Water Officer's own motion and shall hold a hearing on such an application if requested by any person pursuant to section 46-640.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-642 Granting of permit; conditions; priority date.
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(1) If the Chief Water Officer finds that the withdrawal and transportation of ground water requested by the applicant are reasonable, are not contrary to the conservation and beneficial use of ground water, and are not otherwise detrimental to the public welfare, he or she shall…
Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 140, § 15.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-644 Permits; duration; revocation; procedure.
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Permits granted by the Chief Water Officer shall be valid for a period of five years after the granting of a permit and as long thereafter as the water for which the permit is granted is used. For the purposes of the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-645 Recharging ground water reservoirs; permits.
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The Chief Water Officer may grant to any public water supplier permits to store excess, unused, and unappropriated water for recharging ground water reservoirs. The procedure to be followed in granting permits to utilize excess, unused, and unappropriated water for recharging gro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-646 Orders or decisions; review.
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Any person who feels aggrieved by any order or decision in connection with the granting or denial, in whole or in part, of an application for a permit or in connection with the revocation or modification of a permit may institute proceedings in the Court of Appeals in the manner …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-647 Right to recover damages; power of eminent domain; not limited.
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Nothing in sections 46-638 to 46-650 shall be construed as limiting any right of an owner of an estate or interest in or concerning land to recover damage for any injury done to his or her land or to any water rights appurtenant thereto; nor shall sections 46-638 to 46-650 limit …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-648 Permittee; preference in use of ground water.
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The use of ground water pursuant to a permit granted by the Chief Water Officer under the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act shall be subject to and governed by section 46-613.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-649 Rules and regulations.
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The Chief Water Officer may adopt and promulgate all rules and regulations necessary or desirable to secure compliance with the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-650 Act, how cited.
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Sections 46-638 to 46-650 shall be known and cited as the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-651 Spacing of water wells; distance.
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(1) Except as provided in section 46-653 or 46-654, (a) no irrigation or industrial water well or water well of any other public water supplier shall be drilled within one thousand feet of any registered water well of any public water supplier, (b) no water well of any such publi…
Repealed. Laws 1981, LB 246, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-653 Spacing of water wells; special permit; application; contents; fee.
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Any person may apply to the Chief Water Officer for a special permit to drill or to change the intended use of a water well without regard to the spacing requirements of section 46-651. Such application shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Chief Water Officer and sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-654 Public water supplier; protections applicable; procedure.
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(1) Any public water supplier having a permit under the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act is hereby granted the protection of sections 46-651 to 46-655 for all water wells for which a permit has been or in the future is granted by the Chief Water Offi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-655 Violations; injunction.
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Any violation of the provisions of sections 46-651 to 46-655 may be enjoined in an action brought in the district court of the county in which such violation or any attempted or threatened violation occurs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-655.01 Public water supplier; notice of intent to consider wellfield; contents; effect; termination.
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(1) A public water supplier as defined in section 46-638 may obtain protection for a public water supply wellfield from encroachment from other water wells by filing with the Chief Water Officer a notice of intent to consider a wellfield. The notice of intent shall include: (a) T…
Transferred to section 46-656.02.
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Transferred to section 46-701.
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Transferred to section 46-702.
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Transferred to section 46-704.
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Transferred to section 46-705.
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Transferred to section 46-703.
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Repealed. Laws 2004, LB 962, § 119.
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