California Code, Water Code - WAT § 35565.2

The district may acquire by grant, purchase, lease, gift, devise, contract, or condemnation, real or personal property of any kind, including land, structures, buildings, rights-of-way, or easements within or without the district, and may construct, operate, maintain, repair, and alter all projects, improvements, or facilities, within or outside of the district necessary or proper to carry out the objectives authorized by Section 35565.1.

Improvements or facilities include, but are not limited to, dams, levees, channels, conduits, canals, pipelines, reservoirs, spillways, ponds, or replenishment wells.