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<br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />000780 <br /> <br />water navigation regulations and recreational planning <br />programs administered by the State Conservation <br />Commission; <br /> <br />Laws providing for basic data collection, interpretation <br />and reporting by the Iowa Geological Survey <br /> <br />The milldam law; <br /> <br />Laws creating the State Soil Conservation Committee <br />and providing for Soil Conservation Districts; <br /> <br />The 1949 law creating the Iowa Natural Resources Council, <br />1957 amendments incorporating the Iowa Water Rights <br />Law, and 1965 amendments dealing with comprehensive <br />planning and flood plain regulation; <br /> <br />The public utility regulation laws, insofar as they affect <br />water service; <br /> <br />The eminent domain laws insofar as they affect condem- <br />nation for water supplies, sewer systems, water power <br />generation, flood control works and related water <br />resources interests; <br /> <br />The authorization for cities and towns to provide water <br />and sewerage services and to finance these improve- <br />ments by various means; <br /> <br />The authorization for cities and towns to construct, <br />maintain and operate flood control systems and to <br />finance same and to establish water recreational areas; <br /> <br />Laws authorizing formation of benefited water districts <br />and sanitary districts within counties; and <br /> <br />The levee and drainage district enabling law and other <br />drainage laws. <br /> <br />This maze of overlapping and sometimes conflicting <br />areas of authority between competing interests and purposes <br />presents a real challenge to co-ordination and cooperation. <br />