Tex.
Water Code Section 51.121
Purposes of District
(a)
A water control and improvement district organized under the provisions of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, may provide for:(1)
the improvement of rivers, creeks, and streams to prevent overflows, to permit navigation or irrigation, or to aid in these purposes; or(2)
the construction and maintenance of pools, lakes, reservoirs, dams, canals, and waterways for irrigation, drainage, or navigation, or to aid these purposes.(b)
A water control and improvement district organized under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may provide for:(1)
the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its water and floodwater and the water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and all other useful purposes;(2)
the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid, and other land which needs irrigation;(3)
the reclamation, drainage, conservation, and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power;(4)
the navigation of its coastal and inland water;(5)
the control, abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water;(6)
the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state; and(7)
the preservation and conservation of all natural resources of the state.(c)
The purposes stated in Subsection (b) of this section may be accomplished by any practical means.
Source:
Section 51.121 — Purposes of District, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm#51.121 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
