Purposes of District

Sec. 59.004. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. A district shall be created: (1) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire sources of water supply; (2) to build, operate, and maintain facilities for the transportation of water; (3) to sell water to cities, to political subdivisions of this state, to water supply corporations, to private business entities, and to individuals; (4) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire equipment and mechanisms necessary for sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment; (5) to build, operate, and maintain facilities for sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment; (6) to transport and treat sanitary sewer and wastewater effluent of cities and political subdivisions of this state and for private business entities or individuals; (7) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire equipment and mechanisms for the drainage of storm water and floodwater; and (8) for the purposes outlined in Section 54.012. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.