| (1) |
As used in this section:
| (a) |
"Connection to a water facility" includes:
| (i) |
to introduce water or another substance into or take water from a water facility through a pipeline, flume, ditch, canal, trench, holding pond, or water collection structure; |
| (ii) |
to place or maintain a structure capable of introducing water or another substance directly into or of taking water from a water facility from a pipeline, flume, ditch, canal, trench, holding pond, or water collection structure; or |
| (iii) |
to cut into or breach a canal or ditch bank for the purpose of introducing water or another substance into or of taking water from the canal or ditch. |
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| (b) |
"Interfere," for purposes of a water facility, means damage to or modification of the water facility that results in actual blockage or diversion of water, stormwater, wastewater, or sewage. |
| (c) |
"Knowingly" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-2-103. |
| (d) |
"Water facility" means a dam, pipeline, culvert, fire hydrant, flume, conduit, ditch, head gate, canal, reservoir, storage tank, spring box, well, meter, weir, valve, casing, cap, or other facility used for the diversion, transportation, distribution, measurement, collection, containment, or storage of water, stormwater, wastewater, or sewage. |
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