2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 46 - IRRIGATION AND REGULATION OF WATER
46-259 - Running water in rivers and ravines; right to use.
46-259. Running water in rivers and ravines; right to use.
The right to the use of running water flowing in any river or stream or down any canyon or ravine may be acquired by appropriation by any person.
Source
- Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 3, § 13, p. 850;
C.S.1922, § 8463;
C.S.1929, § 46-613;
R.S.1943, § 46-259.
Annotations
The right to appropriate water for irrigation purposes is limited to waters of natural streams. Rogers v. Petsch, 174 Neb. 313, 117 N.W.2d 771 (1962).
Under the irrigation act of 1889, a water right for purposes of irrigation need not have been attached to any particular tract of land. Vonburg v. Farmers Irr. Dist., 132 Neb. 12, 270 N.W. 835 (1937).
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