88.92 – Private drains not to be connected with district drains.
88.92 Private drains not to be connected with district drains. (1) Except as provided in s. 88.93 no person may connect any drain with a district drain, extend any drain that connects with a district drain or remove any spoil bank except under written plans and specifications approved by the drainage board and under any […]
88.93 – Right to take water from drainage ditch.
88.93 Right to take water from drainage ditch. Any owner of lands which are located in or which adjoin a drainage district and which border on a drainage ditch may take water from such ditch for use in flooding lands for cranberry culture or for irrigation, if such water is taken from the ditch in […]
88.94 – Drains for individual landowners.
88.94 Drains for individual landowners. (1) Whenever any owner of agricultural lands desires to install drainage upon not more than 80 acres of such land, the owner may present a petition to the drainage board or, if there is no drainage board in the county, to the town supervisors of the town in which such […]
88.87 – Road grades not to obstruct natural drainage, landowners not to obstruct highway drainage; remedies.
88.87 Road grades not to obstruct natural drainage, landowners not to obstruct highway drainage; remedies. (1) It is recognized that the construction of highways and railroad grades must inevitably result in some interruption of and changes in the preexisting natural flow of surface waters and that changes in the direction or volume of flow of […]
88.88 – Railroad to construct ditch or sluiceway across right-of-way.
88.88 Railroad to construct ditch or sluiceway across right-of-way. (1) Whenever the owner of land desires to drain the same by a blind or open ditch and, to properly drain such land, a connecting ditch or sluiceway should be constructed across the right-of-way of a railway company, such owner shall file with the depot agent […]
88.89 – Roads not to obstruct natural watercourse.
88.89 Roads not to obstruct natural watercourse. (1) Whenever any embankment, grade, culvert or bridge, including the approaches to the culvert or bridge, built or maintained by any person across a natural watercourse or natural draw obstructs the watercourse or draw so that waters therein are set back or diverted upon any lands in a […]
88.90 – Removal of obstructions from natural watercourses.
88.90 Removal of obstructions from natural watercourses. (1) Whenever any natural watercourse becomes obstructed so that the natural flow of water along the same is retarded by the negligent action of the owner, occupant or person in charge of the land on which the obstruction is located, the owner or occupant of any lands damaged […]
88.91 – Penalty for placing obstruction in ditches.
88.91 Penalty for placing obstruction in ditches. (1) Except as authorized by s. 88.93, no person shall place any kind of obstruction to the free flow of water, including any soil willfully deposited, in any drainage ditch, constructed under any drainage law of this state or lawfully constructed by any other person, without first obtaining […]
88.81 – Proceedings to suspend operations of drainage district.
88.81 Proceedings to suspend operations of drainage district. (1) (a) The owners of land representing 90 percent or more of the confirmed benefits in a drainage district, excluding benefits received by land owned by this state, may file with the drainage board a petition requesting that the board conduct no further proceedings and incur on […]
88.815 – Dissolution of suspended drainage districts.
88.815 Dissolution of suspended drainage districts. (1) If the operations of a drainage district are suspended on July 14, 2015, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall file a notice with the court having jurisdiction on the matter that the district will be administratively dissolved 36 months after the filing of the notice. […]