Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 460 - Agricultural Drainage Wells and Sinkholes

• Agricultural drainage well: means a vertical opening to an aquifer or permeable substratum which is constructed by any means including but not limited to drilling, driving, digging, boring, augering, jetting, washing, or coring, and which is capable of intercepting or receiving surface or subsurface drainage water from land directly or by a drainage system. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Agricultural drainage well area: means an area of land where surface or subsurface water drains into an agricultural drainage well directly or through a drainage system connecting to the agricultural drainage well. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Alternative drainage system: means a drainage system constructed as part of a drainage district in order to drain surface or subsurface water from land due to the closing of an agricultural drainage well. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Designated agricultural drainage well area: means an agricultural drainage well area in which there is located an anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure storage basin required to obtain a construction permit by the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Division: means the division of soil conservation and water quality created within the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to section 159. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Drainage district: means a drainage district established pursuant to chapter 468. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Drainage system: means tile lines, laterals, surface inlets, or other improvements which are constructed to facilitate the drainage of land. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Earthen storage structure: means an earthen cavity, either covered or uncovered, including but not limited to an anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure storage basin which is used to store manure, sewage, wastewater, industrial waste, or other waste as regulated by the department of natural resources, if stored in a liquid or semiliquid state. See Iowa Code 460.101
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Land: means land which is used or which is suitable for use for any purpose, if the land is located within an agricultural drainage well area which includes land used or suitable for use in farming. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Livestock: includes but is not limited to an animal classified as an ostrich, rhea, or emu. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property right in or title to a motorboat or vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• road: include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" "common road" and "state road". See Iowa Code 4.1
• seal: shall include an impression upon the paper alone, or upon wax, a wafer affixed to the paper, or an official stamp of a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B. See Iowa Code 4.1
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Surface water: means water occurring on the surface of the ground. See Iowa Code 460.101
• Surface water intake: means an artificial opening to a drain tile line which drains into an agricultural drainage well, if the artificial opening allows surface water to enter the drain tile line without filtration through the soil profile. See Iowa Code 460.101
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1