Section 71757 Of Chapter 6. Controversies From California Water Code >> Division 20. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 6.
71757
. To carry out the purposes of this division, a district shall
have the power to commence, maintain, intervene in, defend and
compromise, in the name of the district, or as a class representative
of the inhabitants, property owners, taxpayers, water producers or
water users within the district, or otherwise, and to assume the
costs and expenses of any and all actions and proceedings now or
hereafter begun to determine or adjudicate all or substantially all
of the water rights of a basin or other hydrologic unit overlain, in
whole or in part, by the district, as between owners of or claimants
to such rights, to prevent any interference with water or water
rights used or useful to the lands, inhabitants, owners, operators,
or producers within the district, or to prevent the diminution of the
quantity or quality of the water supply of the district or such
basin, or to prevent unlawful exportation of water from the district
or such basin.