§ 6101.04. Purpose and organization of conservancy districts

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly Any area or areas situated in one or more counties may be organized as a conservancy district in the manner and subject to the conditions provided by this chapter for any of the following purposes: (A) Preventing floods; (B) Regulating stream channels by changing, widening, and deepening the stream channels; (C) Reclaiming or filling wet and overflowed lands; (D) Providing for irrigation where it may be needed; (E) Regulating the flow of streams and conserving their waters; (F) Diverting or in whole or in part eliminating watercourses; (G) Providing a water supply for domestic, industrial, and public use; (H) Providing for the collection and disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes produced within the district; (I) Arresting erosion along the Ohio shore line of Lake Erie. This section does not terminate the existence of any district organized prior to July 19, 1937, entirely within a single county. The purposes of a district may be altered by the same procedure as provided for the establishment of the district.