§ 15-22-501 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

15-22-501. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission; and

(2) "Water development project" means the construction, acquisition, ownership, replacement, operation, and maintenance of facilities, including land, easements, and works of improvement, for the protection, conservation, preservation, development, utilization, and proper disposal of the state's water resources and related land resources in order to:

(A) Provide for the people of the state adequate supplies of quality water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and domestic purposes, water for navigation, and access to the state's lakes and streams, and parks and other recreational sites along their shores; and

(B) Reclaim, preserve, and protect the state's land resources and to adequately protect the wealth of the state from disastrous floods.