Section 46-5-37 - Failure to use beneficially appropriated water--Forfeiture for nonuse--Reversion to public

46-5-37. Failure to use beneficially appropriated water--Forfeiture for nonuse--Reversion to public.If any person entitled to the use of appropriated water fails to use beneficially any part of the water for the purpose for which it was appropriated, for a period of three years, the unused water shall revert to the public and shall be regarded as unappropriated public water. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0139; SL 1955, ch 430, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §61.0125; SL 2011, ch 165, §269.