The owner of any ditch, storage reservoir, storage capacity, or other device for appropriating water may, upon petition to the Department of Natural Resources, 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 department.

Source

  • Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 3, § 6, p. 848;
  • C.S.1922, § 8456;
  • C.S.1929, § 46-606;
  • Laws 1941, c. 91, § 1, p. 361;
  • C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-606;
  • R.S.1943, § 46-250;
  • Laws 1951, c. 150, § 1, p. 598;
  • Laws 1953, c. 158, § 1, p. 496;
  • Laws 2000, LB 900, § 117.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 46-250

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization