42-1203 MAINTENANCE OF EMBANKMENTS. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 12

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF DITCHES

42-1203. Maintenance of embankments. The owner or owners of any irrigating ditch, canal or conduit shall carefully keep and maintain the embankments thereof in good repair, in order to prevent the water from wasting during the irrigation season, and shall not at any time permit a greater quantity of water to be turned into said ditch, canal or conduit than the banks thereof will easily contain or than can be used for beneficial or useful purposes; it being the meaning of this section to prevent the wasting and useless discharge and running away of water.