Diverting Water From Main Channel

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
  4. Watercourses
  5. General Provisions
  6. Diverting Water From Main Channel

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  1. No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main channel.
  2. A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Code 1858, § 1306; Shan., § 1816; Code 1932, § 3082; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-108; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, §40-35-111.

Vandalism, §39-14-408.

Law Reviews.

The Movement for New Water Rights Laws in the Tennessee Valley States (Robert H. Marquis, Richard M. Freeman and Milton S. Heath, Jr.), 23 Tenn. L. Rev. 797.


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