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Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (North Dakota Century Code: Title 61 Waters; Chapter 61-24)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
North Dakota
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Protected area Freshwater resources management River basin institution Surface water Inland waters Irrigation Water shortage/drought Hydropower generation Water supply
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the North Dakota Century Code concerns the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District. It declares that more effective development and utilization of the land and water resources of this state, protection and preservation of the benefits therefrom, opportunity for greater economic security, protection of health, property and enterprise, and the promotion of the prosperity and general welfare of all of the people of North Dakota involve, necessitate, and require the exercise of the sovereign powers of the state and concern a public purpose, the accomplishment of which, among other things, demands, and it is hereby declared necessary, that the Garrison diversion unit of the Missouri River basin project as authorized by Act of Congress approved December 22, 1944 [58 Stat. 887], and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, be established and constructed (1) to provide for the future economic welfare and prosperity of the people of this state, and particularly of the people residing in the area embraced within the boundaries of the conservancy district created by this chapter; (2) to provide for the irrigation of lands within the sections of such district periodically afflicted with drought, and to stabilize the production of crops thereon; (3) to replenish and restore the depleted waters of lakes, the Red, Sheyenne, James, and other rivers, and streams in the district, and to stabilize the flow of these streams; (4) to replenish the waters, and to restore the level of Devils Lake, Stump Lake, Lake Williams, and Turtle Lake; (5) to make available within the district, or outside the district to the extent authorized by a joint powers agreement under chapter 54-40.3, waters diverted from the Missouri River for irrigation, domestic, municipal, and industrial needs, and for hydroelectric power, recreation, fish, wildlife, and other beneficial and public uses; and (6) o study and provide for the water needs of eastern North Dakota communities and water districts and western Minnesota communities through a Red River valley water supply project.

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Website
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