conservancy districts

conservancy districts
Essentially the same as drainage districts, being organized under statutes enacted for the purpose of controlling floods and protecting life and property against their ravages. Re Proposed Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist. 31 NM 188, 242 P 683.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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