Navigable water definition

Navigable water means a stream, river, lake, sea or other body of water, used or capable of being used by the public for navigation by boats, kayaks, canoes, rafts or other small craft, or log booms on a continuous or seasonal basis, and includes any parts thereof interrupted by occasional natural obstructions or bypassed by portages.

Navigable water means any waterway navigable by vessels, or capable of being made navigable by vessels through artificial improvements, and includes the structures and facilities created to facilitate navigation.

Navigable water or “navigable waters” means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, all natural inland lakes within this state and all streams, ponds, sloughs, flowages and other waters within the territorial limits of this state, including the Wisconsin portion of boundary waters, which are navigable under the laws of this state.

Examples of Navigable water in a sentence

• Navigable water, beginning in the 1890s, was used in Federal law as a constitutional ex- planation of why the Federal Govern- ment would be involved in water pol- icy, because the Federal Government under the Constitution is involved in commerce.

• Navigable water depth and obstructions may impede the equipment and operations.

• The Proponent has identified 17 Navigable water bodies that will be crossed (some more than once).

• This could be tied to miles from Navigable water but that may be too restrictive if we want to include inland lakes with boating activity.

• Navigable water: Any area or extent of water declared as navigable by the inland vessels, registered, recognised or identified, under this Act or by Inland Water Authority of India constituted under Inland Water Authority of India Act 1985, as amended or by any authority constituted under such other laws in force in India.

More Definitions of Navigable water

Navigable water means a water of the United States as defined in 40 CFR Part 122.2.

Navigable water means all lakes, rivers, and streams, which can support a vessel capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of six months period in one out of every ten years.

Navigable water means a water of the United States.

Navigable water means water that the commission determines to be navigable under IC 4-33-4-13.

Navigable water shall not include a canal and means—

Navigable water means a water course that in its natural state without the aid of artificial means is useful for commerce and has a useful capacity as a public highway of transportation.

Navigable water means all lakes, rivers, and streams, which can support a vessel capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of six months period in one out of every ten years. “Scoring committee” means water trails scoring committee.