The owner of any ditch, storage reservoir, storage capacity, or other device for appropriating water may, upon petition to the Chief Water Officer, and upon its approval, change the point at which the water under any water appropriation of record is diverted from a natural stream or reservoir, change the line of any flume, ditch, or aqueduct, or change a storage site. No reclamation district or power appropriator may change the established return flow point without the approval of the Chief Water Officer.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-250
Places of diversion; storage sites; changes; procedure
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 44 F. Supp. 2d 1030 - United States v. Wheeler (1999)
Most recently applied in 44 F. Supp. 2d 1030 - United States v. Wheeler (March 1999)
Laws 1919, c. 190, tit
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