Under the "rule of capture," underground water is controlled by
A) individual landowners.
B) federal government.
C) state government.
D) county government.

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The rule of capture is a common law doctrine that gives landowners the right to capture and use groundwater beneath their property, regardless of the harm caused to neighboring wells or underground reservoirs. This means that the ownership and control of underground water is in the hands of individual landowners, and not state or federal government entities.

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