Irrigation district
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In the United States an irrigation district is a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up as a subdivision of the State government, with definite geographic boundaries, organized, and having taxing power to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the district; created under the authority of a State legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the landowners or citizens.

It is a legal entity
Legal personality
Legal personality is the characteristic of a non-human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person....

 created by statute
Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law, decided by courts, and regulations...

 in order to develop large irrigation
Irrigation
Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...

 projects. These districts have the power to tax, borrow, and condemn.

See also

  • Canal
    Canal
    Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

  • Deficit irrigation
    Deficit irrigation
    Deficit irrigation is a watering strategy that can be applied by different types of irrigation application methods. The correct application of DI requires thorough understanding of the yield response to water and of the economic impact of reductions in harvest...

  • Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
    Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
    The Irrigation District Act of 1916 allowed local governments to take out loans and enter into debts to acquire, extend, or operate works for irrigation or drainage or flood control, or to undertake the development of electric or other power, and secure a water supply, and have the Federal...

  • List of canals in the United States
  • South San Joaquin Irrigation District
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Water district
    Water district
    A water district is a special district given the task of supplying water and sewer needs to a community....


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