Adapted from ARS48-3603: Powers, duties and immunities of district and
board
- Minimize flood damages and the violence of flood events
- Prevent unwise encroachment and development within floodplains
- Protect the life and property of citizens living within floodplains
- Enhance property values of abutting floodplain areas
- Protect public health
- Reduce financial burden on communities with land subject to flood damages
- Enhance wildlife, recreation and riparian habitats along watercourses
and floodplains
- Construct and maintain flood control facilities
- Regulate land and development within designated floodplain areas
- Levy taxes and issue bonds to finance its flood control system(s)
- Acquire real property through eminent domain, donation or other means
- Construct and operate groundwater recharge facilities that also have
flood control benefits
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For the full text of Arizona State enabling legislation for flood control
districts, check out ALIS
Online.
