Kansas Statutes Chapter 17. Corporations § 17-625. Irrigation corporations; operations authorized

Corporations may be organized for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating dams, reservoirs, sluices, ditches and canals, to divert, convey, store and deliver water to be used by such corporations, or by any other persons, for the purpose of irrigating land. Any such corporation is authorized to construct, maintain and operate a dam or reservoir with sluices, canals and ditches for the purpose of conveying, storing and delivering water, either upon or away from a running stream of water, or both, but subject to the prior rights of all persons to the use of the water and to the rights of all persons to land.