South Dakota § 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.