The board may:

1. Store floodwater in surface or underground reservoirs within or without the district for the common benefit of the district.

2. Conserve and reclaim floodwaters for present and future use within the district.

3. Subject to the limitations contained in NRS 543.170 to 543.830, inclusive, to appropriate and acquire water and water rights, and import water into the district and conserve it within or without the district for any useful flood control purpose.

4. Commence, maintain, intervene in and compromise, in the name of the district or otherwise, and assume the costs and expenses of any action or proceeding involving or affecting ownership or use of water or water rights within the district used or useful for any purpose of the district.

5. Commence, maintain, intervene in, determine, compromise, and assume the costs and expenses of any action or proceeding involving the wasteful use of water in the district.

6. Prevent unlawful exportation of water from the district.

7. Prevent contamination and pollution of the surface or subsurface waters used in the district.

8. Commence, maintain and defend actions and proceedings to prevent interference with waters used in the district as may endanger and damage the inhabitants, lands or use of water in the district. The board shall not intervene or take part in, or pay the costs and expenses of, actions or proceedings between the owners of lands or water rights within the boundaries of the district which do not involve taking water outside or away from the district.

(Added to NRS by 1961, 432; A 1987, 722)