Water: Related Laws
U.S.
- U.S. Code > Title 7 > Chapter 86 - Water Quality Research, Education, and Coordination
- U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 3C - Water Conservation
- U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter IV - State and Municipal Water Conservation Facilities
- U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 18 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
- U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 18A - Cooperative Watershed Management Program
Alabama
- Alabama Code > Title 9 > Chapter 9 - Water Management and Drainage
- Alabama Code > Title 9 > Chapter 10 - Water Conservation and Irrigation
- Alabama Code > Title 9 > Chapter 10A - Watershed Management Authorities
- Alabama Code > Title 9 > Chapter 10B - Alabama Water Resources
- Alabama Code > Title 9 > Chapter 10C - Alabama Drought Planning and Response Act
Alaska
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 15 - Water Use Act
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 16 - Management and Use of Water in Mining
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 17 - Supervision of Safety of Dams and Reservoirs
- Alaska Statutes > Chapter 30 - Water and Wastewater Works Operators
Arizona
- Arizona Laws > Title 45 - Waters
- Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 21 > Article 2 - Flood Control District Regulations
- Arizona Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 1 > Article 8 - Drought Mitigation Revolving Fund Projects
- Arizona Laws > Title 49 > Chapter 8 - Water Infrastructure Finance Program
California
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 10 - Streamflow Protection Standards
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 14.5 - Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 18 - Morro Bay Management Plan
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 20 - California Coastal Act
- California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 20.5 - Ocean Use Planning
Connecticut
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 102 - Municipal Waterworks Systems
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 388a - Bulk Water Haulers
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 440 - Wetlands and Watercourses
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 444 - Coastal Management
- Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 446i - Water Resources. Invasive Plants
Delaware
- Delaware Code > Title 6 > Chapter 25B - Delaware Residential Water Treatment System Sales
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 41 - Drainage of Lands and Management of Waters; Tax Ditches
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 42 - Dam Safety
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 43 - Dredging and Management of Lagoons
- Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 44 - Flood Mitigation Standards
Florida
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 153 > Part I - County Water System and Sanitary Sewer Financing
- Florida Statutes > Chapter 153 > Part II - County Water and Sewer Districts
- Florida Statutes 153.90 - Legislative findings and declarations
- Florida Statutes 153.91 - Definitions
- Florida Statutes 153.92 - Clarifying the authority to enter wastewater facility privatization contracts
Hawaii
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 167 - Irrigation Water Development
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 168 - Irrigation and Water Utilization Projects
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Title 12 > Subtitle 2 - Water and Land Development; Flood Control
- Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 340F - Hawaii Law for Mandatory Certification of Public Water System Operators
Idaho
- Idaho Code > Title 18 > Chapter 43 - Irrigation Works
- Idaho Code > Title 42 - Irrigation and Drainage — Water Rights and Reclamation
- Idaho Code > Title 43 - Irrigation Districts
- Idaho Code > Title 50 > Chapter 18 - City Irrigation Systems
- Idaho Code > Title 67 > Chapter 33 - Department of Water Resources
Illinois
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 60 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 145 - Great Lakes Basin Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > 45 ILCS 147 - Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact Act
- Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 70 > Drainage
- Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 605/1-1 - Short title
Indiana
- Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 25 - Water Rights and Resources
- Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 25.5 - Enforcement Actions by the Division of Water
- Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 26 - Lakes and Reservoirs
- Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 27 - Levees, Dams, and Drainage
- Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 28 - Flood Control
Iowa
- Iowa Code > Chapter 135K - Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers
- Iowa Code > Chapter 161C - Water Protection Projects and Practices
- Iowa Code > Chapter 161G - Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
- Iowa Code > Chapter 357 - Water Districts
- Iowa Code > Chapter 357A - Rural Water Service Providers
Kansas
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 12 > Article 27 - Water Supply, Waterworks and Distribution of Water
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 12 > Article 36 - Water Conditioning Contractors
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 13 > Article 24 - Waterworks Department
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 14 > Article 7 - Water Supply and Watercourses
- Kansas Statutes > Chapter 19 > Article 33 - Flood Control
Kentucky
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 74 - Water Districts
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 76 - City-County Metropolitan Sewer, Sewer Construction, and Sanitation Districts
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 104 - Flood Control and Water Usage
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 106 - Acquisition of Waterworks by Cities and Water Districts
- Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 182 - Waterways and Milldams
Louisiana
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2071 - Citation
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2072 - Policy; purpose
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2073 - Definitions
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2075 - Permits, variances, and licenses
- Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:2075.1 - A. The legislature finds and declares that discharges of substances into the waters of the state have damaged and endangered the Louisiana molluscan shellfish industry and have increased t
Maine
- Maine Revised Statutes > Title 5 > Part 15-C - Water Resources Planning Committee
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 351 - Agricultural Water Management and Irrigation Fund
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 352 - Maine Agricultural Water Management Board
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 353 - Sustainable agricultural water source program
- Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 550-B - Water well information
Maryland
- Maryland Code > Environment > Title 4 - Water Management
- Maryland Code > Environment > Title 5 - Water Resources
- Maryland Code > Environment > Title 9 - Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities
- Maryland Code > Environment > Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators
- Maryland Code > Environment > Title 16 - Wetlands and Riparian Rights
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 21G - Massachusetts Water Management Act
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 92 - Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 92A1/2 - Watershed Management
- Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 165 - Water and Aqueduct Companies
Michigan
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 61-75 > Act 3 of 1895 > Chapter XI - Water Works
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 81-113 > Act 215 of 1895 > Chapter XXI - Sewers, Drains and Water-Courses
- Michigan Laws > Chapters 81-113 > Act 215 of 1895 > Chapter XXVI - Waterworks
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 123 > Act 34 of 1917 - Water Furnished Outside Territorial Limits
- Michigan Laws > Chapter 123 > Act 130 of 1945 - Water Supply; Joint Source
Minnesota
- Minnesota Statutes > Water
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 116A - Public Water and Sewer Systems
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 444 - Waterworks; Storm, Sanitary Sewer Systems
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 456 - Water From First Class or Charter Cities
- Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 458 - Water Transportation Facilities
Missouri
- Missouri Laws > Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
- Missouri Laws > Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts
Montana
- Montana Code > Title 75 > Chapter 6 - Public Water Supplies, Distribution, and Treatment
- Montana Code > Title 75 > Chapter 7 - Aquatic Ecosystem Protections
- Montana Code > Title 76 > Chapter 5 - Flood Plain and Floodway Management
- Montana Code > Title 85 - Water Use
Nebraska
- Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 31 - Drainage
- Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water
- Nebraska Statutes 46-1201. Act, how cited
- Nebraska Statutes 46-1202. Purposes of act
- Nebraska Statutes 46-1203. Definitions, where found
Nevada
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 6-D - Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 332-E - Water Treatment Plant Operators and Water Distribution System Personnel
- New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Title L - Water Management and Protection
New Jersey
- New Jersey Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 20 - Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act
- New Jersey Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 20B - Rockland-Bergen Watershed Flood Prevention and Protection Act
- New Jersey Statutes > Title 58 - Waters and Water Supply
- New Jersey Statutes 58:10A-1. Short title
- New Jersey Statutes 58:10A-3. Definitions.
New Mexico
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 3 > Article 27 - Water Facilities
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 3 > Article 53 - Waters; Regulation of Use
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 4 > Article 50 - Flood Control
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 62 > Article 2 - Incorporation and Powers of Waterworks
- New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 70 > Article 13 - Produced Water
New York
- New York Laws > Canal > Article 13-B - Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force
- New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 15 - Water Resources
- New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 16 - Flood Control
- New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands
- New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 25 - Tidal Wetlands
North Carolina
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 130A > Article 10 - North Carolina Drinking Water Act
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 139 > Article 2 - Watershed Improvement Districts
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 139 > Article 3 - Watershed Improvement Programs; Expenditure by Counties
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 139 > Article 4 - Grants for Small Watershed Projects
- North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 139 > Article 5 - Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program
North Dakota
- North Dakota Code > Chapter 23.1-07 - Water Distribution and Wastewater Systems Operators
- North Dakota Code > Title 61 - Waters
Ohio
- Ohio Code > Chapter 1521 - Division of Water Resources
- Ohio Code > Chapter 1522 - Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
- Ohio Code > Title 61 - Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Oregon
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 99 - Property Removed by High Water
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 196 - Columbia River Gorge; Ocean Resource Planning; Wetlands; Removal and Fill
- Oregon Statutes > Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts
- Oregon Statutes 450.009 - Formation purposes; petition
- Oregon Statutes 450.045 - Board members; qualifications; first terms
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-46 - Waters
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-46.1 - Intertidal Salt Marshes
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 22-7.1 - Permanent Joint Committee on Water Resources
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-19.5 - Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
- Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-55 - Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations
South Carolina
- South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal and the Like
- South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 11 - Watershed Conservation Districts
- South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 14 - The Stormwater Management and Sediment Reduction Act
- South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 39 - Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands
- South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 45 - South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
South Dakota
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 9 > Chapter 47 - Water Supply Systems
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 34A > Chapter 3 - Water Supply and Treatment System Operators
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 34A > Chapter 5 - Sanitary Districts
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 13A - Aquatic Invasive Species
- South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 23 - Recreational Use of Nonmeandered Waters
Tennessee
- Tennessee Code > Title 7 > Chapter 35 - Sewers and Waterworks
- Tennessee Code > Title 64 > Chapter 3 - Flood Control Authorities
- Tennessee Code > Title 65 > Chapter 27 - Water and Waterworks Companies
- Tennessee Code > Title 68 > Chapter 221 - Water and Sewerage
- Tennessee Code > Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
Texas
- Texas Auxiliary Water Laws
- Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 113 - Water Supply Contract Claim Against Local District or Authority
- Texas Local Government Code > Title 13 > Subtitle B - County Water
- Texas Local Government Code > Title 13 > Subtitle C - Water Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
- Texas Natural Resources Code > Title 12 - Wetlands
Utah
- Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 8 - Sewage and Culinary Water Systems
- Utah Code > Title 11 > Chapter 65 - Utah Lake Authority Act
- Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies
- Utah Code > Title 57 > Chapter 13a - Easement for Water Conveyance
- Utah Code > Title 63C > Chapter 12 - Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council
Vermont
- Vermont Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 215 - Agricultural Water Quality
- Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 32 - Flood Hazard Areas
- Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands
- Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management
- Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Virginia
- Virginia Code 10.1-400: Definitions
- Virginia Code 10.1-401: Powers and duties of Director; acquisition of property
- Virginia Code 10.1-402: Development of water and related resources and evaluation as scenic resource
- Virginia Code 10.1-403: Hearing
- Virginia Code 10.1-404: Recommendation that a river be designated a scenic river
Washington
- Washington Code > Chapter 43.27A - Water resources
- Washington Code > Chapter 43.83B - Drought conditions
- Washington Code > Chapter 43.143 - Ocean resources management act
- Washington Code > Title 55 - Sanitary Districts
- Washington Code > Title 57 - Water-Sewer Districts
West Virginia
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 4 > Article 15 - Joint Legislative Committee On Flooding
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 5B > Article 1B - Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 5B > Article 9 - Flatwater Trail Commission
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 13 - Sewage Works and Stormwater Works
- West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 13C - Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act