Irrigation districts in the United States

Local government entity in the United States

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.^[1]

It is a special-purpose district created by statute in order to develop large irrigation projects.^[1]These districts have the power to tax, borrow, and condemn.^[2]

Sample districts

See also

• Deficit irrigation
• Environmental effects of irrigation
• Huerta
• Irrigation methods
• Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
• Irrigation Districts and Farm Loans Act
• Water district

References

1. "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000 - Glossary". USGS. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
2. "Glossary". Sphinx Legal. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
3. "About JVWCD". Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
4. Svendsen, Mark; Vermillion, Douglas L. (1994). Irrigation Management Transfer in the Columbia Basin: Lessons and International Implications. IWMI. p. 5. ISBN 978-92-9090-303-1. Retrieved 2012-10-04.

External links

• Federal lands included in state irrigation districts
• "The Nevada Irrigation District Act"