This chapter of South Dakota Codified Laws concerns water use control areas. It provides that chief engineer may, after appropriate investigation, petition the Water Management Board to establish a water use control area. The petition shall be regarded as filed at the time it is signed and dated by the chief engineer. It further provides for establishment of area, and petition of chief engineer; establishment of area, and petition of water right holders; identification of lands and waters in petition; hearing on petition, and publication and notice; water measuring devices, and order for installation; fee assessed, and maximum amount, annual payment; violations of orders of board or water master; and petition of chief engineer to abolish area, suspend operation, change boundaries, amend powers of or suspend water master, or adjust administration of area.
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