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Irrigation districts in the United States

Local government entity 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.

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.{{cite web |access-date=2012-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224034613/http://www.sphinxlegal.com/glossary/i-3.html?page=4&option=com_glossary&func=display&letter=4&Itemid=2&catid=1 |archive-date=2012-02-24 |url-status=dead

Sample districts

StateDistrictFoundedNotes
CaliforniaFresno Irrigation District1920Distribution canals in the Fresno County
CaliforniaImperial Irrigation District1911Distribution canals in the Imperial Valley
CaliforniaTurlock Irrigation District1887First Irrigation District in California
CaliforniaMerced Irrigation District1919Distribution canals in the Merced County
CaliforniaNevada Irrigation District1921Nevada County and portions of Placer and Yuba Counties
CaliforniaSouth San Joaquin Irrigation District1909Southern San Joaquin County
CaliforniaWestlands Water District1952San Joaquin, Kings, and Fresno Counties
NevadaTruckee–Carson Irrigation District1918Supports agriculture in Lyon County and Churchill County
New MexicoCarlsbad Irrigation District1949Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964
New MexicoMiddle Rio Grande Conservancy District1925Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin section
OhioMiami Conservancy District1914Great Miami River and its tributaries
OhioMuskingum Watershed Conservancy District1933Muskingum River Watershed
OregonCentral Oregon Irrigation District1918Provides irrigation water for Central Oregon
OregonTumalo Irrigation District1922Provides irrigation water for Tumalo
UtahJordan Valley Water Conservancy District1951Mainly operates in Salt Lake County.{{cite web
WashingtonQuincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District1910Delivers irrigation water to farmland in the Columbia Basin

References

References

  1. (1994). "Irrigation Management Transfer in the Columbia Basin: Lessons and International Implications". IWMI.
  2. "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000 - Glossary". USGS.
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