Section 38730 Of Article 5. Water From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 5.

. A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and all other property and appliances suitable and proper to supply water for the use of the city and its inhabitants.