18-4304. WRONGFUL DIVERSION OF WATER. Any person who without the consent of the water master of the district, diverts any water from a ditch or channel where it has been placed, or caused or left to run by the water master or his deputies, or who shuts or opens any ditch, gate or dam, or in any way impedes or increases the flow of water in any stream or ditch diverting water from a stream, while the same is under the charge of a water master, or who cuts away any embankment of a stream, whereby the water of such stream is diverted, or breaks, injures, or removes any gate, flume or other device used for the equitable distribution of the water of such stream by the water master, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
[18-4304, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 933.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Section 18-4301 - INTERFERENCE WITH DITCHES, CANALS, LATERALS, DRAINS OR RESERVOIRS.
Section 18-4302 - WASTING WATER USED FOR IRRIGATION.
Section 18-4303 - OBSTRUCTION OF OVERFLOW, GAUGE OR WATERWAY IN DAM.
Section 18-4304 - WRONGFUL DIVERSION OF WATER.
Section 18-4305 - INTERFERENCE WITH HEADGATE — CUTTING BANKS OF STREAM.
Section 18-4306 - INJURIES TO DITCHES, CANALS, LATERALS, DRAINS AND APPURTENANCES.
Section 18-4307 - INJURY TO MEASURING DEVICES.
Section 18-4308 - CHANGE OF DITCH, CANAL, LATERAL, DRAIN OR BURIED IRRIGATION CONDUIT.
Section 18-4309 - UNAUTHORIZED TAMPERING WITH MEASURING DEVICES.
Section 18-4310 - NEGLECT TO DELIVER WATER — INTERFERENCE WITH DELIVERY.