17-536 Waterworks; water supply; pollution; power to prevent. - Nebraska Statutes

17-536. Waterworks; water supply; pollution; power to prevent.The jurisdiction of such city or village, to prevent any pollution or injury to the stream or source of water for the supply of such waterworks, shall extend fifteen miles beyond its corporate limits. SourceLaws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XV, p. 178; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XV, p. 169; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XV, p. 298; Laws 1893, c. 8, § 1, p. 135; Laws 1903, c. 21, § 1, p. 251; Laws 1905, c. 30, § 1, p. 258; Laws 1907, c. 17, § 1, p. 128; R.S.1913, § 5119; Laws 1917, c. 103, § 1, p. 272; Laws 1919, c. 48, § 1, p. 138; Laws 1919, c. 52, § 1, p. 152; Laws 1919, c. 46, § 2, p. 133; C.S.1922, § 4292; Laws 1925, c. 41, § 1, p. 159; C.S.1929, § 17-441; Laws 1935, c. 34, § 1, p. 143; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-441; R.S.1943, § 17-536.AnnotationsA village is limited to taking only such property as is presently necessary for the purposes described in section 17-531. Engelhaupt v. Village of Butte, 248 Neb. 827, 539 N.W.2d 430 (1995).