Sec. 54.012.  PURPOSES OF A DISTRICT.  A district shall be created for the following purposes:
(1)  the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its storm water and floodwater, 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 needing irrigation;
(3)  the reclamation and drainage of its overflowed land and other land needing drainage;
(4)  the conservation and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power;
(5)  the navigation of its inland and coastal water;
(6)  the control, abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water;
(7)  the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state;  and
(8)  the preservation of all natural resources of the state.
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.