The district board of directors may: (1) Make surveys or utilize other surveys and data to plan and develop water projects; (2) Cooperate or contract with any person, state, or subdivision thereof, federal agency or private or public corporation as necessary; (3) Construct, clean, repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim, or change any watercourse, natural or artificial, within the district in cooperation with other state or federal public bodies having jurisdiction; (4) Acquire, lease, operate, construct, and maintain dams, dikes, reservoirs, or other works as necessary; (5) Acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or eminent domain any real and personal property as necessary; (6) Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of unneeded district property; (7) Contract for purchase of insurance; (8) Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological data; (9) Enter into contracts for construction authorized by this chapter; and (10) Acquire property and construct works outside the boundaries of the district.
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