[§167-20]  Furnishing domestic water. In conjunction with any irrigation project which it has established, andsubject to pertinent provisions of law governing the supply, the board ofagriculture may establish a system for and supply water for domestic purposesto residents within and in close proximity to the irrigation project.  Thesystem shall be established only if (1) the board determines that it would beadvisable and in the public interest to provide the domestic supply; (2) itsconstruction and operation by the board has been consented to by the board ofwater supply of the county in which the project is situated, and by a majorityof the land occupiers within the irrigation project; and (3) if under normalconditions of water availability, the operation of the system will notprejudice or interfere with the supply of irrigation water to the landoccupiers within the project.  The board may also subject to the limitationspreviously set forth in this section, take over, improve, and operate any existingsystem for the supply of domestic water if requested so to do by the owners andoperators of the system. [L 1987, c 306, pt of §1]