All appropriations for water must be for a beneficial or useful purpose and, except as provided in sections 46-290 to 46-294 and 46-2,122 to 46-2,125 , when the owner of an appropriation or his or her successor in interest ceases to use it for such purpose for more than five consecutive years, the right may be terminated only by the Chief Water Officer pursuant to sections 46-229.02 to 46-229.05 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-229
Appropriations; beneficial or useful purpose required; termination; procedure
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Central Platte Natural Resources District v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in In re Appropriation A-7603 (August 2015)
Laws 1919, c. 190, tit
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