46A-14-4. Conservation purposes supporting establishment.

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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.