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
State | District | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
California | Fresno Irrigation District | 1920 | Distribution canals in the Fresno County |
California | Imperial Irrigation District | 1911 | Distribution canals in the Imperial Valley |
California | Turlock Irrigation District | 1887 | First Irrigation District in California |
California | Merced Irrigation District | 1919 | Distribution canals in the Merced County |
California | Nevada Irrigation District | 1921 | Nevada County and portions of Placer and Yuba Counties |
California | South San Joaquin Irrigation District | 1909 | Southern San Joaquin County |
California | Westlands Water District | 1952 | San Joaquin, Kings, and Fresno Counties |
Nevada | Truckee–Carson Irrigation District | 1918 | Supports agriculture in Lyon County and Churchill County |
New Mexico | Carlsbad Irrigation District | 1949 | Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 |
New Mexico | Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District | 1925 | Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin section |
Ohio | Miami Conservancy District | 1914 | Great Miami River and its tributaries |
Ohio | Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District | 1933 | Muskingum River Watershed |
Oregon | Central Oregon Irrigation District | 1918 | Provides irrigation water for Central Oregon |
Oregon | Tumalo Irrigation District | 1922 | Provides irrigation water for Tumalo |
Utah | Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District | 1951 | Mainly operates in Salt Lake County.[3] Called Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District until 1999 |
Washington | Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District | 1910[4] | Delivers irrigation water to farmland in the Columbia Basin |
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
- ^ a b "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000 - Glossary". USGS. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "Glossary". Sphinx Legal. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "About JVWCD". Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ 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"