• drainage are sensitive issues. Most drainage districts are administered by an internal drainage board (IDB), which are single purpose local drainage authorities...
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    boundaries opted out, the Drainage District was incorporated on May 13, 1966, as a public corporation. Among the powers of a Drainage District were the power to...
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    A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of...
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  • Katy Drainage District (BKDD) is a political subdivision of the state of Texas which oversees the drainage of water within its boundaries. The district has...
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    geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They...
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    Royston Special Drainage District and a South Royston Special Drainage District, with the two areas being administered by the new rural district councils. The...
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  • be economically run. Drainage tunnels have frequently been constructed to drain mining districts or to serve drainage districts. Emissary comes from Latin...
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    Darrell Branch, who was elected May 4, 2019. The Brookshire Katy Drainage District has its headquarters in Brookshire. The United States Postal Service...
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    powers to undertake work to secure clean water drainage and water level management within drainage districts. The area of an IDB is not determined by county...
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    Statistics Canada. The Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District were established in 1924 and 1956 respectively...
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    Special Drainage District into two Districts, to be named the North Royston Special Drainage District and the South Royston Special Drainage District." Coming...
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    20th century, the Little River Drainage District was formed to reclaim the land. This was the world's largest drainage project, moving more earth than...
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    Internal Drainage Districts" (PDF). East Sussex CC. 14 September 2015. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2018. "The River Ouse (Sussex) Internal Drainage District Order...
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    Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines.[citation...
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    assist in the drainage of the fen. Under the powers of the Land Drainage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 133), the South Fen Drainage District was created in...
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    Everglades (section Drainage)
    of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orlando with...
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    South Holland IDB (category Land drainage in the United Kingdom)
    the seventeenth century, and drainage was overseen by the Court of Sewers. In 1793, the South Holland Drainage District was set up by Act of Parliament...
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  • as the Land Drainage Act 1991. In this context, land drainage refers to the responsibilities and activities of "internal drainage districts" and "internal...
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    Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (category Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago)
    flood control projects. The Illinois Farm Drainage Act of 1879 established drainage districts. These districts were generally named for the basin they drained—for...
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  • Irrigation District Southwest Water company Sunnyslope Water company Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District Tulare Lake Drainage District Turlock Irrigation...
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  • installation in partnership with the Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District in Buckeye, Arizona, in early 2010. Natel now has three installations...
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    Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal by the Acme Drainage District for the area to become a planned unit development. Among the first...
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    A group of Tillman businessmen established the Melbourne-Tillman Drainage District, and issued $1.5 million worth of bonds. Starting in 1922, a 180 miles...
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  • part of land drainage law. Manitoba The Land Drainage Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict c 11) The Land Drainage Act 1898 (61 Vict c 16) The Land Drainage Act (RSM 1913...
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    A wateringue (also known as a watering or watergang) is a ditch or drainage structure designed to drain marshlands, wetlands, or flood-prone areas located...
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  • agricultural return flows from the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District into the Colorado River. The treated water is intended for inclusion...
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    Mohave County Board of Supervisors, as the Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage District, making it a legal entity (the act is referenced in resolution #63-12-1)...
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    The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago...
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  • special drainage district which included Royston parish and parts of four neighbouring parishes. Both the parish and the special drainage district were partly...
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  • W. Frederick replaced Richardson, who returned to the Everglades Drainage District. The Tamiami Trail Blazers would launch an expedition leaving out...
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