South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 10A - Water Use Control Areas
Section 46-10A-7 - Water master--Duties.

46-10A-7. Water master--Duties.
The duties and authority of the water master shall be set out either in an order establishing the water use control area or by resolution and may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)Enforcement procedures for distribution of water under a court decree;
(2)Enforcement procedures for priorities and rights to use water as established in statutory law and case law;
(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2), enforcement procedures for any temporary schedule of water deliveries which all affected water permit or right holders agree upon;
(4)Regulation and security of headgates and measuring devices as necessary to enforce proper distribution of water; and
(5)Other duties and authority as the Water Management Board may specify.

Source: SL 1983, ch 314, §185.

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