Iowa § 456B.10 Artificial lakes — soil conservation

Iowa Statutes

§ 456B.10 — Artificial lakes — soil conservation

Iowa § 456B.10

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 456BSPECIAL PROVISIONS — NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

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Iowa Code § 456B.10 (2026).

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In the construction of artificial lakes on intermittent streams, for which funds are
appropriated by the general assembly, the commission shall not proceed with actual
construction work unless and until soil conservation practices are in effect on at least
seventy-five percent of the land comprising the watershed of the proposed impoundment,
or a willingness to carry on such practices has been shown by the owners or operators of
seventy-five percent of the land by signing of a soil conservation farm plan and cooperative
agreements with the local soil and water conservation district governing body.

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In the construction of artificial lakes on intermittent streams, for which funds are
appropriated by the general assembly, the commission shall not proceed with actual
construction work unless and until soil conservation practices are in effect on at least
seventy-five percent of the land comprising the watershed of the proposed impoundment,
or a willingness to carry on such practices has been shown by the owners or operators of
seventy-five percent of the land by signing of a soil conservation farm plan and cooperative
agreements with the local soil and water conservation district governing body.