The Water Management Board shall approve a petition to establish a water use control area if the board finds that a water use control area is in the public interest, is necessary to equitably apportion the available water supplies for use among the water right holders and is feasible.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46-10A-5
Approval of petition--When required
Source: SL 1983, ch 314, § 183.
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