Watercourse Sample Clauses
The Watercourse clause defines the rights and responsibilities of parties regarding the use, maintenance, and access to natural or artificial streams, rivers, or channels that pass through or border a property. Typically, this clause outlines who is responsible for maintaining the watercourse, how water rights are allocated, and any restrictions on altering the flow or structure of the waterway. Its core function is to prevent disputes and environmental issues by clearly allocating duties and rights related to watercourses, ensuring both parties understand their obligations and the limits of their use.
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Watercourse. Any depression two feet or more below the surrounding land which serves to give direction to a current of water at least nine months of the year and which has a bed and well-defined banks. [Adapted from Chapter 31 of Nebraska Statutes]
Watercourse. The bed, bank or shore of a river, stream, creek or other natural body of flowing water, whether it contains or conveys water continuously or intermittently. An area of land, which may or may not be under forest cover, which drains water, organic matter, dissolved nutrients and sediments into a lake or stream. The topographic boundary, usually a height of land, that marks the dividing line from which surface streams flow in two different directions. [Dunster] Land saturated with water long enough to promote wetland or aquatic processes as indicated by the poorly drained soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and various kinds of biological activity that are adapted to a wet environment. According to the Alberta Wetland Policy, wetlands are classified as one of ▇▇▇▇▇, bog, fen, swamp or open water wetland.
Watercourse. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
Watercourse. Contractor must consult with the Forest Co-ordinator. 30 horizontal metres off power line on prevailing upwind side and 20 horizontal metres downwind or downslope. Powerlines Prevailing Wind 20 m 30 m Downwind side Upwind side 20 m 30 m 30 m off power lines on prevailing upwind side and 20 m downwind. Contractor must consult with the Forest Coordinator.