Title 73 Water and Irrigation Chapter 1 General Provisions Section 7 Enlargement for joint use of ditch.
73-1-7.Enlargement for joint use of ditch.
When any person desires to convey water for irrigation or any other beneficial purpose
and there is a canal or ditch already constructed that can be used or enlarged to convey the
required quantity of water, such person shall have the right to use or enlarge such canal or ditch
already constructed, by compensating the owner of the canal or ditch to be used or enlarged for
the damage caused by such use or enlargement, and by paying an equitable proportion of the
maintenance of the canal or ditch jointly used or enlarged; provided, that such enlargement shall
be made between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of March, or at any other time that may
be agreed upon with the owner of such canal or ditch. The additional water turned in shall bear its
proportion of loss by evaporation and seepage.
No Change Since 1953
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