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 created by statute in order to develop large irrigation projects.[1] These districts have the power to tax, borrow, and condemn.[2]
[edit] See also
- Canal
- Deficit irrigation
- Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
- List of canals in the United States
- South San Joaquin Irrigation District
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Water district
[edit] References
- Text from : U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
- ^ http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/Crops/04717.html
- ^ http://www.sphinxlegal.com/glossary/i-3.html?page=4&option=com_glossary&func=display&letter=4&Itemid=2&catid=1
