§ 1230-f. General powers of the water board. Except as otherwise\nlimited by this title, the water board shall have power:\n 1. To sue and be sued.\n 2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure.\n 3. To enter into contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or\nconvenient or desirable for the purposes of the water board to carry out\nany powers expressly given it in this title, provided nothing herein\ncontained shall authorize the water board to issue bonds, borrow money\nor otherwise contract indebtedness.\n 4. To enter into agreements with the authority, the city, any other\nmunicipality, the state, any state agency, or any person to provide a\nmeans whereby the authority or the water board shall finance the cost of\nconstructing projects, as described in the agreement, and the water\nboard may agree to assume title to any such project, and to raise\nrevenues from users through fees, rates or other service charges\nnecessary or appropriate to secure such financing and to pay the cost of\nthe construction, operation, maintenance, management and repair of any\nsuch project or the system.\n 5. To acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, transfer, contract or lease\nor by condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain procedure law, lease\nas lessee, hold and use any property, real, personal or mixed or any\ninterest therein, constituting or for use in connection with a project\nor otherwise, as the water board may deem necessary, convenient or\ndesirable to carry out the purposes of this title. In connection with\nthe acquisition of any property, the water board may assume and agree to\nperform covenants and observe the restrictions contained in any\ninstrument to which any such property is subject; and furthermore the\ncity, any municipality, the state, state agency or any person, as owner\nof any properties, which the water board is authorized to acquire, is\nhereby authorized to sell or otherwise transfer the same to the water\nboard, whereupon the water board shall become charged with the\nperformance of all public duties with respect to such properties with\nwhich such owner was charged and such owner shall become discharged from\nthe performance thereof and, subject to any limitations in any agreement\nentered into pursuant to this title, to sell, lease as lessor, transfer\nor otherwise dispose of any such property or interest therein; provided,\nhowever, that any property determined by the water board to be no longer\nnecessary by the water board for use in fulfilling the purposes of the\nwater board pursuant to this title which was acquired by the water board\nfrom the city, any municipality, the state, state agency or any person\nshall be conveyed, immediately after such property has been so\ndetermined to be no longer necessary by the water board, at no cost, to\nthe city or to such municipality, the state, or such state agency from\nwhom the water board acquired such property, with the consent of the\ncity, or as may be provided otherwise in any agreement with the city\nand/or the authority, or the grantor of such property.\n 6. To acquire from the city, the authority and any municipality, title\nto any water, wastewater, or storm water facility or project.\n 7. To make and amend by-laws for its organization and management and\nthe regulation of its affairs and rules and regulations governing the\nexercise and enforcement of its powers and the fulfillment of its\npurposes under this title, including, but not limited to, the sale of\nwater, wastewater and storm water services and the collection of fees,\nrates and charges therefor, and collection, transport and treatment of\nwastewater and storm water flows and the collection of fees, rates and\ncharges therefor. A copy of such rules, regulations and by-laws, and all\namendments thereto, duly certified by the secretary of the water board\nshall be filed in the office of the city clerk.\n 8. To establish, fix, revise, charge, collect and enforce the payment
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