Title 69, Waters, Waterways, Drains And Levees

The county legislative body shall allow the supervisor a reasonable compensation for services, to be paid out of any money in the county treasury.

(a) Any person who obstructs the navigation of the main channel of any navigable river or other stream, by building mills, erecting dams or locks, in or across the same, unless authorized by law, or by any other means whatever, shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred fifty do…

(a) No person, upon pretense of having a right to the flow of water through a sluice of a navigable watercourse, on which sluice such person has built a mill, shall divert the water from the main channel into the sluice, so as to obstruct or impede the navigation of the main chan…

The water of the sluice may be diverted into the main channel for the immediate passage of a boat for a time not exceeding one-half (½) a day, so that the water is returned to the sluice in such manner as not to impair the profitable enjoyment of the mill.

Any person diverting any stream from its natural channel is liable to any party aggrieved for the damages sustained.

(a) The county legislative body may authorize milldams, fish traps, and other local improvements and erections in watercourses in the county, and fix the rates of toll or charge, under the limitations, restrictions, and conditions deemed proper, and remove them when the public in…

(1) The county legislative body may, as often as necessary, appoint commissioners to:(1) Examine the watercourses in the county, to see that the local erections allowed in the watercourses are conformable to law, and that one-fourth (¼) of such watercourses, including the deepest…

Any person who obstructs for twenty-four (24) hours, in any way, that part of the stream directed to be left open, or fails to open slopes as the commissioners may judge necessary, forfeits twenty dollars ($20.00), one-half (½) to go to the county, and the other one-half (½) to a…

(a) Railroad companies in this state whose roads cross navigable watercourses in this state shall, upon signal being given by any steamboat for the opening of the draw of any railroad bridge, proceed immediately to open the draw and make ready for the passage of the boat; and as …

(a) Counties lying contiguous to or bordering upon any navigable river or rivers that are improved and canalized by the United States government, by the construction and maintenance of locks and dams so as to render such river or rivers navigable to boats of ordinary tonnage, are…

Orphan asylums, houses for destitute children, reformatory institutions, industrial schools, asylums for the insane, homes for confederate or federal soldiers, national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and all eleemosynary institutions of like class chartered or incorporate…

(a) Without a permit issued by the department of environment and conservation, no person shall authorize, undertake, or engage in any activity, practice, or project that has or is likely to have the effect of impairing or obstructing the navigability of any river, lake, stream or…

The state of Tennessee, its departments or agencies, or any governmental entity is hereby authorized, as required by the secretary of the army or the chief of engineers for projects for water resource development and conservation or other purposes, to agree to hold and save the U…

“Governmental entity” means any political subdivision of the state of Tennessee, including, but not limited to, any municipality, metropolitan government, county improvement district, drainage district, levee district or special district duly created and existing pursuant to the …