Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
In this case we granted petitions for certiorari prior to judgment by the court of appeals primarily to determine the nature of an overlying landowner's interest in unadjudicated nontributary ground water. We now conclude that landowners do have a right to withdraw nontributary ground water underlying their land even in the absence of formal water court adjudication. This right is defined by statute and is presumed...
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