Title 51, Chapter 9, Section 7
( 51-9-7)
The owner of land through which nonnavigable watercourses flow is
entitled to have the water in such streams come to his land in its
natural and usual flow, subject only to such detention or diminution
as may be caused by a reasonable use of it by other riparian
proprietors. The diverting of the stream in whole or in part from
its natural and usual flow, or the obstructing thereof so as to
impede its course or cause it to overflow or injure the land through
which it flows or any right appurtenant thereto, or the polluting
thereof so as to lessen its value to the owner of such land shall
constitute a trespass upon the property. |