§ 5-165. Water offenses.
A. It shall be unlawful to:
1. Interfere with or alter the flow of water in any stream, river or ditch, without lawful authority to do so, or a permit from the Nation, and in violation of the right of any other person; or
2. Knowingly break, injure, alter or destroy any bridge, dam, levee, embankment, reservoir, water tank, water line or other structure intended to create hydraulic power or pressure to direct the flow of water, without lawful authority to do so; or
3. Pollute or befoul any water in any of the following ways:
a. Construct or maintain a corral, sheep pen, goat pen, stable, pig pen, chicken coop or other offensive yard or outhouse where the waste or drainage therefrom shall flow directly into the waters of any stream, well, spring or source of water used for domestic purposes; or
b. Deposit, pile, unload or leave any manure heap, rubbish or the carcass of any dead animal where the waste or drainage therefrom will flow directly into the waters of any stream, well, spring or source or water used for domestic purpose; or
c. Construct, establish or maintain any corral, yard, vat, pond, camp or breeding place for the shearing, dipping, washing, storing, herding, holding or keeping of livestock in such proximity to a stream or other source of water used for domestic purposes or which flows through a city or town, so that the waste, refuse or filth therefrom find their way into said source of water; or
d. Knowingly cause or allow any substance harmful or potentially harmful to human life to enter into a source of water used for domestic purposes.
B. A water offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by a term of imprisonment in the Tribal Jail not to exceed three months, or both.