The governing body of any municipality securing its water supply from a stream or reservoir located outside of its corporate limits may designate by ordinance a district to be known as a water district. The water district shall be designated by metes and bounds and may embrace any lands, directly or indirectly flowing or shedding water into any such stream or reservoir as the governing body ordains. The governing body may adopt and enforce any rules promulgated by the Board of Environmental Quality for the protection of any such water supply.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 37-110, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1994, c. 353, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994.