SDCL § 46A-5-23: Flow of water through ditches and canals at full capacity.

The board of directors shall keep the water flowing through the ditches and canals under its control to the full capacity of the ditches and canals in times of high water and when the water can be beneficially applied to the lands thereunder and does not interfere with the rights of other appropriators.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0927; SDCL § 46-13-23; SL 2011, ch 165, § 387.