Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 38, § 3087.77. Constructions which would impede flow of water in watershed prohibited; pollution defined and prohibited; penalties fixed for violations

A. (1) No person or public corporation shall erect within the drainage area of the district any dam, channel, or reservoir upon any stream or watercourse which will affect Caddo Lake until a copy of the plans thereof has been filed with the board of commissioners for approval.

(2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days, nor more than sixty days, or both.

B. (1) No person shall knowingly and willfully empty or drain or permit to be drained from any pump, reservoir, well, or oil field, into any stream or drain constituting the watershed of the lake, or from any stream within said district into said lake any oil, salt water, or other noxious, toxic, hazardous, or poisonous gas, liquid, or substance which would render the water unfit for irrigation purposes or for human consumption through “water districts” or would destroy aquatic and fish life in the lake.

(2) Each and every day that oil, salt water, or other prohibited substances are permitted to flow into natural streams or drains which constitute the watershed of Caddo Lake shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(3) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than three months.

C. (1) No person shall:

(2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both.

D. (1) No proprietor, owner, lessee, or possessor of land abutting upon the Caddo Lake reservoir or upon any public road paralleling the water line or contiguous to the said Caddo Lake reservoir shall in any manner close or place any obstruction in the drains or ditches, whether on private property or on the public road or levee adjacent to the road which will in any manner interfere with the effective, thorough, and continuous drainage into the said reservoir.

(2) Whoever violates this Subsection shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both.