Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-1085.16: Savings clause

If any water distribution systems or districts or county water

improvement districts have ever been formed, any easements or

property are transferred to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for

release of easements. All districts heretofore formed pursuant to

the provisions of Sections 281 through 447, inclusive, in Title 82

of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall have the right to continue to

operate pursuant to said statutes. The property and easements of

those districts heretofore formed pursuant to said laws, but which

are inactive, are hereby transferred to the board of county

commissioners of the county wherein such easements or property are

located; and, the board of county commissioners of said county shall

have the right to maintain or release said easements or dispose of

said property as provided by law.