Every person who, in violation of any right of any other person, wilfully turns or uses the water, or any part thereof, of any canal, ditch, pipeline, or reservoir, except at a time when the use of the water has been duly distributed to the person or wilfully uses any greater quantity of water than has been duly distributed to him, or in any way changes the flow of water when lawfully distributed for irrigation or other useful purposes, except when duly authorized to make the change, or wilfully and maliciously breaks or injures any dam, canal, pipeline, watergate, ditch, or other means of diverting or conveying water for irrigation or other useful purposes, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (Code 1975 § 13-1022)