Minnesota Statutes Water (Ch. 103A-114B) § 103D.201. Watershed district purposes

(1) to control or alleviate damage from floodwaters to promote climate resilience;

(2) to protect, improve, or restore watercourses and water basins for drainage, navigation, water quality, flood mitigation, and any other public purpose;

(3) to manage impacts to, restore, or replace wet and overflowed land;

(4) to provide a water supply for irrigation;

(5) to regulate and conserve the flow of watercourses;

(6) to provide or conserve water supply for domestic, industrial, recreational, agricultural, or other public use;

(7) to provide for sanitation and public health and regulate the use of streams, ditches, or watercourses to dispose of waste;

(8) to repair, improve, relocate, modify, consolidate, and abandon all or part of drainage systems within a watershed district;

(9) to control or alleviate soil erosion and siltation of watercourses or water basins;

(10) to regulate improvements by riparian property owners of the beds, banks, and shores of lakes, streams, and wetlands for preservation and beneficial public use;

(11) to provide for hydroelectric power generation;

(12) to protect or enhance the water quality in watercourses or water basins;

(13) to provide for the protection of groundwater and regulate its use to preserve it for beneficial purposes; and

(14) to otherwise manage and protect surface waters and groundwaters for any beneficial purpose.