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Abstract

I. Preface

II. Introduction

III. The First Period—Territorial Days to 1920

IV. The Second Period—The Impetus for Change Emerges in the '20s, '30s, and '40s … A. Mechanization and Electrification … B. Drought and Depression … C. Profitability of Irrigation … D. Knowledge about Groundwater Sources … E. Adoption of a Legal Rule to Govern Conflicts between Adjoining Owners—Olson v. City of Wahoo … F. Legislative Response and Public Opinion

V. The Third Era—1950 to 1972 … A. Rapidity of Growth … B. Overview of Developments in Specific Areas … C. Declining Water Tables … D. Judicial Rules Governing Disputes between Adjacent Landowners … 1. The Reasonable Use Doctrine … 2. The Correlative Rights Doctrine … 3. Conclusion … E. Safeguarding Municipal Supplies … 1. Background … 2. Insecurity under Judge-Made Rules … 3. Omaha's Leadership in Obtaining Enactment of the City, Village, and Municipal Corporation Ground Water Permit Act … a. Flaws in the Act … b. Litigation under the Act—MUD v. Merrit Beach Co. … F. Water for Industry … 1. Burger v. City of Beatrice … 2. The Stumbling Block of the Nebraska Preference Statute … 3. Proposals to Aid in Future Municipal Planning … 4. Conclusion … G. The Movement toward Management of Groundwater in Nebraska … 1. Non-Using Owners … 2. Overdevelopment … 3. Future Generations … 4. A Water Market … 5. The Public Interest … 6. Integration of Streams and Groundwater Supplies … a. Cut-Off Lines … b. The Restatement Position … H. Local Control … 1. Special Purpose Districts in Nebraska … 2. Summary of LB1357 … 3. Management Powers for Natural Resources Districts—An Appropriation, Permit System for Nebraska … a. Introduction … b. Permits … (1) Vested Rights … (2) Procedure for Issuance of Permits … (3) Subirrigation … (4) Standard Conditions … (5) Prescriptive Rights … c. General Powers … (1) Collection of Data … (2) Rules and Regulations … (3) Pollution … (4) Rotation and Exchange Agreements … (5) Practical Adjustments … (6) Substitute Supply from District … (7) Sales and Exchanges … (8) Taxes and Extraction Charges … (9) Eminent Domain … (10) Minimum Stream Flows … (11) Perched Water Tables … d. Critical Areas … e. Special Powers in Critical Areas … f. Litigation … g. Lobbying and Public Relations … h. Conjunctive Use

VI. Conclusion

VII. Appendix

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