Sec. 11006.155. SOURCES FOR WATER; ACQUISITION OF LAND; STORAGE CAPACITY. (a) The authority may acquire or construct, inside or outside the authority, any work, well, plant, transmission line, or other facility necessary or useful to divert, impound, drill for, store, treat, or transport water to the cities for municipal, domestic, agricultural, industrial, or any other useful purposes.
(b) The authority may develop or otherwise acquire underground sources of water.
(c) The authority may acquire land, or an interest in land, inside or outside the authority for any reservoir, work, well, plant, transmission line, or other facility necessary or useful to impound, store, treat, or transport water to the cities and others for municipal, domestic, agricultural, industrial, mining, oil flooding, or any other useful purposes.
(d) The authority may lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire rights in and to storage and storage capacity in any reservoir constructed or to be constructed by any person.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.07, eff. April 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Special District Local Laws Code
Title 6 - Water and Wastewater
Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers
Chapter 11006 - South Texas Water Authority
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 11006.151. General Powers
Section 11006.154. Contracts to Supply Water
Section 11006.155. Sources for Water; Acquisition of Land; Storage Capacity
Section 11006.156. Conveyance of Land to Authority
Section 11006.157. Surplus Property
Section 11006.158. Eminent Domain
Section 11006.159. Cost of Relocating or Altering Property; Rights-of-Way and Easements