Английская Википедия:Irrigation districts in the United States
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Шаблон:Short description 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
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
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