Wat. Code, § 56041

A county drainage district shall have the power:

(a) To sue and be sued in its own name;

(b) To adopt a seal;

(c) To take by grant, purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise and to hold, use and enjoy real or personal property of every kind within or without the district necessary to or convenient for the full exercise of its powers;

(d) To exercise the power of eminent domain to the full extent necessary to or convenient for the full exercise of its powers and to carry out the provisions of this act; provided, that if the exercise of such power requires the alteration or relocation of any facilities devoted to a public use, the cost of such alteration or relocation shall be borne by the district;

(e) To make and accept all contracts, deeds, releases and documents of any kind which will be necessary or proper to the exercise of any of the powers of the district;

(f) To direct the payment of all lawful claims and demands against the district;

(g) To levy and collect taxes as hereinafter provided;

(h) To issue bonds as hereinafter provided and provide for their payment;

(i) To employ such engineers, experts, surveyors, counsel and other persons as are needed to carry into effect any powers of the district;

(j) To acquire, construct, complete, operate and maintain a surface or underground drainage system or systems or combination thereof and such ditches, drains, conduits, pipelines, system of ditches, drains, conduits or pipelines or combinations thereof as may be determined necessary to accomplish the objects and purposes of the district;

(k) Borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any public indebtedness or lien that may exist against the district or any property therein which shall have arisen out of the transaction of the affairs of the district;

(l) To sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any property of the district or any interest therein when it is no longer required for the purposes of the district or when its use may be permitted without interfering with its use by the district;

(m) To do any other act to accomplish the objects and purposes of the district.