Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 8504.104. Additional Powers Relating to Particular Purposes; Not a Limitation

(1) for the prevention of the devastation of land from recurrent overflows;

(2) for the protection of life and property in the authority from uncontrolled floodwater;

(3) to encourage the conservation of soil;

(4) to prevent destructive erosion;

(5) to provide through practical and legal means for the control and coordination of the regulation of that water;

(6) to provide by adequate organization and administration for the preservation of the equitable rights of the people of different sections of the watershed area in the beneficial use of that water;

(7) for the storage, control, and conservation of that water inside or outside the authority and the prevention of the escape of that water without the maximum of public service;

(8) for the equitable distribution of that water to the regional potential requirements for all uses;

(9) for any purpose for which floodwater and storm water when controlled and conserved may be used in the performance of a useful service as authorized by the constitution of this state;

(10) for the conservation of the water essential for the domestic and municipal uses of the people of the authority;

(11) to control the water and make it available for use in the development of commercial and industrial enterprises in the basins or the authority;

(12) to control, store, and use the water in the development and distribution of hydroelectric power, if that use is economically coordinated with and subordinate to other uses declared by law to be superior;

(13) for the irrigation of all land in the authority or outside the authority but inside the basins; and

(14) to provide for the drainage of land in the basins.