South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 14 - Watershed Districts
Section 46A-14-4 - Conservation purposes supporting establishment.

46A-14-4. Conservation purposes supporting establishment.
A watershed district may be established for any of the following conservation purposes:
(1)Control or allocation of damage by floods by flood prevention structures including levees;
(2)Improvement of stream channels;
(3)Reclaiming or filling wet and overflowed lands;
(4)Providing water supply for irrigation;
(5)Regulating the flow and conserving the water of streams;
(6)Diverting or changing watercourses in whole or in part;
(7)Providing and conserving water supply for domestic, industrial, recreational, and other public use;
(8)Providing for sanitation and public health and regulating the use of streams, ditches, or watercourses for the disposition of waste;
(9)Relocate, extend, replace, modify, consolidate, or abandon in whole or in part, drainage systems within a watershed district and to operate and maintain drainage systems;
(10)Imposition of preventive or remedial measures for the control or alleviation of land and soil erosion and siltation of watercourses or bodies of water affected by erosion;
(11)Protection or enhancement of the water quality in watercourses or water basins;
(12)Protection of groundwater; and
(13)Improvement, restoration, and maintenance of lakes, streams, and wetlands.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, §4; SL 1959, ch 452, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §61.1504; SL 1965, ch 303, §2; SDCL §46-24-4; SL 1989, ch 389, §1; SL 2013, ch 228, §7.

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