Any person diverting any stream, whether navigable or not, from its natural channel, is liable to any party aggrieved for the damages sustained.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.
Section 33-7-1 - Navigable Waters as Public Thoroughfares.
Section 33-7-2 - Opening and Cleaning Navigable Streams.
Section 33-7-3 - Obstructing Navigable Watercourse.
Section 33-7-3.1 - Obstructing Navigation on Public Waters.
Section 33-7-4 - Damages for Diverting Stream.
Section 33-7-5 - Obstructing Streams Used for Floating Timber to Market.
Section 33-7-7 - Turning Logs, Timber or Lumber Out of Boom Without Notice to Owner.
Section 33-7-8 - Opening or Cutting Loose Boom Without Authority.
Section 33-7-11 - Mobile Harbor - Injuring Ship Channel, Beacon Light, Etc.