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Dams and Spillways (Iowa Code: Title XI - Natural Resources; Chapter 464A)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Iowa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Waterworks Surface water
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Iowa Code concerns dams and spillways. It provides that whenever, in the opinion of the natural resource commission, it is necessary and desirable for it to erect a dam or spillway across a stream or at the outlet of a lake, or to alter or reconstruct an existing dam or spillway, so as to increase or decrease its permanent height, or to permanently affect the water level above the structure, it shall proceed with said project by first adopting a resolution of necessity to be placed upon its records, in which it shall describe in a general way the work contemplated. The commission, upon receipt of a report and plan prepared by a competent civil engineer, showing the work contemplated, the effect on the water level, and probable cost and such other facts and recommendations as may be deemed material, may approve said plan which shall be considered a tentative plan only, for the project.

Full text
English
Website
www.legis.iowa.gov