SDCL § 46A-18-1: Legislative findings and policy.

Conservation, management, and development of the state's water resources are vital to the public interest, welfare, convenience, and necessity and require, in some circumstances, the creation of water project districts for the purposes of sponsoring and implementing water projects for the conservation, storage, distribution, and utilization of water and for the prudent management of water resources.

Source: SL 1984, ch 293, § 1; SL 1990, ch 366, § 1.