Ground Water in Nebraska

Authors

Lester Danielson, Nebraska State Bar Association member

Abstract

I. Importance of Ground Water in Nebraska

II. Definition of Ground Water

III. Rights Acquirable in Water

IV. Judicial Division of Ground Water into Percolating Water and Underground Streams … A. Common Law Rules as to Percolating Water … 1. English Rule … 2. American-Nebraska Rule … B. Common Law Rules as to Underground Streams

V. Nebraska Laws Do Not Expressly Pertain to Ground Water

VI. Possible Conflicts between Ground-Water and Surface-Water Users

VII. Possible Legislative Solutions of Ground Water Problems

Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Lester Danielson, Ground Water in Nebraska, 35 Neb. L. Rev. 17 (1956)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol35/iss1/4