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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 84. Responsibility of User or Owner
Section 37-84-101. Maintenance of embankments and tail ditch.
Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 37-84-101 (2020)
The owners of any ditch for irrigation or other purposes shall carefully maintain the embankments thereof so that the waters of such ditch may not flood or damage the premises of others, and shall make a tail ditch so as to return the water in such ditch with as little waste as possible into the stream from which it was taken.
Source: R.S. p. 364, § 7. L. 1872: p. 144, § 1. G.L. § 1378. G.S. § 1728. R.S. 08: § 3233. C.L. § 1713. CSA: C. 90, § 111. CRS 53: § 147-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-7-1.
Cross references: For requirement of keeping ditch in repair, see § 7-42-108.
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