Section 22431 Of Article 1. Acquisition Of Property From California Water Code >> Division 11. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.

. A district may construct any works across any watercourse, road, railway, conduit, or other property subject or devoted to public use in a manner that will afford security to life and property. The district shall restore the property crossed as near as may be to its former state or so as not to have impaired unnecessarily its usefulness.