Public waters definition

Public waters means any river, lake, stream, sea, ocean, gulf, bay or other public body of water.
Public waters means waters to which the general public has a right to access.
Public waters means a water body under the jurisdiction of the commission that is owned by the state or that has been dedicated for public access to a meandered sovereign lake or meandered sovereign river.

Examples of Public waters in a sentence

  • Public waters of the State” means navigable waters as defined in 10 V.S.A. chapter 49, excepting those waters in private ponds and private preserves as set forth in 10 V.S.A. §§ 5204, 5205, 5206, and 5210.

  • Public waters, as defined in RSA 371:17, include all ponds of more than 10 acres, tidewater bodies, and such streams or portions thereof as the Commission may prescribe.

  • Public waters alteration, protection, or restoration work is prohibited when the work:A.

  • Public waters The government started surveys on the quality of public waters in FY1998.

  • Public waters work permit applications submitted by a public road authority to the commissioner for proposed projects in wetland areas of public waters shall be granted if authorized by parts 6115.0190 to 6115.0232 or 6115.0270 to 6115.0280.


More Definitions of Public waters

Public waters means all water basins and watercourses that are described in Minn. Stat. 103G.005 subd. 15
Public waters means all WA waters other than —
Public waters means navigable waters excepting those waters in
Public waters means navigable waters excepting those waters in private ponds and private preserves as set forth in 10 V.S.A. chapter 119
Public waters means public waters that are on the public waters inventory as provided in section 103G.201.
Public waters means: Waters of the State as defined in Minn. Stat., § 103G.005, Subdivision 15, as amended.
Public waters means lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Pacific Ocean within the territorial limits of the State of Oregon, and all other bodies of surface or underground waters, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public or private, (except private waters that do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters), that are wholly or partially within or bordering the state or within its jurisdiction.