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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]

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

References

• Text from : U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

1. ^ http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/Crops/04717.html
2. ^ http://www.sphinxlegal.com/glossary/i-3.html?page=4&option=com_glossary&func=display&letter=4&Itemid=2&catid=1

External links

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