§ 41-7-811 — Powers; purchase or conveyance of water rights

Such district shall have power to purchase and acquire lands,
water rights, rights of way, and real and personal properties of
every nature in cooperation with the United States under such
conditions as may to the board seem advisable, and to convey the
same under such conditions, terms and restrictions as may be
approved by the board of directors and the federal government or
any of its agencies and to pay the purchase price and any and
all construction costs or other necessary expenses and costs in
connection with any works contemplated by this act either from
its own funds, or cooperatively with the federal government.