Louisiana § RS 38:222 - Regulations for operation of siphons through levees
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 38:222 — Regulations for operation of siphons through levees, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 38:222. Regulations for operation of siphons through levees
Any authority granted under the provisions of R.S. 38:221 to operate a siphon over the public levees shall be subject to the following regulations:
1. The location of all siphons shall be at right angles to the axis of the public levee.
2. The levee shall at no place nor in any manner be cut into nor disturbed to fit the placing of any siphon or siphons. This siphon shall be made either to span the levee or in a practicable manner to conform to the prescribed section of the levee.
3. The intake and discharge ends of all siphons shall be located at distances not less than thirty feet on the river side nor sixty feet on the land side from the base of the levee.
4. Both the intake and discharge ends of all siphons shall be so protected as to guard against any local excavation or washout.
5. In the operation of siphons for irrigation or other purposes, no area within one hundred and fifty feet of the base of any public levee on the land side shall at any time be flooded.
6. All areas subject to flooding by siphons or otherwise, shall be provided, by the owners or operators, with low level ditches, located at suitable distances apart to at all times care for the proper drainage of the public levees and highways.
7. No siphon shall be placed over the levees included within the provisions of R.S. 38:221 until permission has been obtained from the board of commissioners of the levee district having jurisdiction over the levees.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 38:222 cover?
Section RS 38:222 ("Regulations for operation of siphons through levees") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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