Irrigation district

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 special-purpose district created by statute in order to develop large irrigation projects. These districts have the power to tax, borrow, and condemn.

Sample districts

References

External links

Federal lands included in state irrigation districts

"The Nevada Irrigation District Act"

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Better irrigation and milk cooperatives begin to transform lives of tribal communities

The Times of India 11 May 2019

Sample surveys done by Adivasi Sanshodhan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith and Centre for Social Studies of 700 tribal households in 11 villages of Tapi and Surat districts in the past 36 months found that increased irrigation in tribal areas from 11 to 36 per cent and milk supply to ......

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Ripon, Manteca SSJID director Kuil passes away

Manteca Bulletin 10 May 2019

South San Joaquin Irrigation District board member Dale Kuil passed away Thursday at age 76 ... ....

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Community Calendar May 10-19, 2019

Yellowstone County News 10 May 2019

Friday, May 10. • District Track Meet at Laurel High School, 9.00am ... • District Softball invitational in Butte, 9.00am ... Saturday, May 11 ... • District Softball invitational in Butte, 9.00am ... Sunday, May 12. • ... • WBYC Water & Sewer District meeting at the District’s Office, 6.30pm ... • Lockwood Irrigation Board meeting at the District’s Office, 7.00pm ... ....

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Mob lynching, cow vigilantism on voters' minds in Nuh

Deccan Herald 10 May 2019

According to the official website of Nuh (earlier called Mewat), the district has a population of 10,89,406 people, of which 8,62,647 (79 per cent) are Meo Muslims. In the district which has repeatedly made headlines for mob lynchings and cow vigilantism over the last few years, enthusiasm for Lok Sabha polls appears low....

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In poll season, officials fail to act against farmers burning stubble in Punjab

Hindustan Times 10 May 2019

During a visit to various areas in the Patiala, Sangrur, Bathinda and Faridkot districts, an HT team found that farmers were indulging in burning of stubble and to cover it up, they were seen irrigating and ploughing the fields immediately after the stubble got burnt completely....

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California’s hydropower exclusion makes no sense

Orange County Register 10 May 2019

Legislation now pending in the state Senate would restore, ever so slightly, some rationality to the renewable portfolio by allowing two irrigation districts in the San Joaquin Valley, Modesto ID and Turlock ID, to include power from their jointly owned Don Pedro Dam on the Tuolumne River....

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Local calendar: May 10, 2019

Red Bluff Daily News 10 May 2019

Friday. Red Bluff. Celebrate Recovery ... 11 a.m ... C ... Deer Creek Irrigation District ... C ... El Camino Irrigation District ... Resource Conservation District of Tehama County ... 5 p.m., District Office, 1135 Lincoln St ... Red Bluff Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees ... Reeds Creek School District Board of Trustees ... Gerber-Las Flores Community Service District....

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Water Watch: How the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District carries out flood control for rivers

Ogden Standard-Examiner 09 May 2019

Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is Northern Utah’s regional water supplier for treated municipal water, wholesale irrigation water, retail secondary irrigation water, untreated industrial water, and groundwater replacement water ... The District has the primary flood control responsibilities for the Ogden and Weber rivers....

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Washington drought may spread

Capital Press 09 May 2019

Drafting (drawdown exceeding inflow) of the five mountain reservoirs serving Yakima Basin irrigation districts began April 15 in 2015 and probably won’t start this year until the normal time, which is the end of May or early June, Lynch said ... District and Roza Irrigation District....

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100 years ago in Spokane: Valley irrigation company prepares to auction ‘choice suburban tracts’

The Spokesman-Review 09 May 2019

The Orchard Avenue Irrigation Company was auctioning 129 “choice suburban tracts” of up to 5 acres ... “The change will do you good.” ... A hundred years later, the Orchard Avenue Irrigation District No. 6 serves a population of about 3,300, said Michael Klein Sr., the district’s distribution manager ... ....

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Gujarat: Farmers demand police patrol along water canal

Indian Express 09 May 2019

Farmers of six villages in Olpad taluka of Surat district have petitioned to district Irrigation Department office, saying they are not receiving water from Kakrapar right bank canal since April 28 and have demanded patrolling by police along the canal alleging water theft....

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Water trickles down Hirehalla rivulet once more

The Hindu 09 May 2019

Koppal district — despite having a major dam across the Tungabhadra and another across Hirehalla — has been facing severe drought. The dams have been able to irrigate parts of Koppal and Gangavati taluks, but the other parts of the district are fully dependent on rain....

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