The owner or owners of any irrigation ditch or canal shall carefully maintain the embankments thereof so as to prevent waste therefrom, and shall return the unused water from such ditch or canal with as little waste thereof as possible to the stream from which such water was taken, or to the Missouri River.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-265
Embankments; maintenance; return of unused water; duties of owner
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Little Blue Natural Resources District v. Lower Platte North Natural Resources District (1980)
Most recently applied in Little Blue Natural Resources District v. Lower Platte North Natural Resources District (June 1980)
Laws 1919, c. 190, tit
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