{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-35408","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 35408","heading":"","body":"A district may commence, maintain, intervene in, compromise and assume the costs of any action or proceeding involving or affecting the ownership or use of waters or water rights within the district used or useful for any purpose of the district or a benefit to any land.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 13. CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICTS [34000. - 38501.]","PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [35300. - 35886.]","CHAPTER 2. Powers [35400. - 35509.]","ARTICLE 1. Powers Generally [35400. - 35413.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"645cd8e66c08aac166043ec3f87fa8116830776e5c20f3f1a75eba6b34f55ad6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-35407","next":"us-ca/wat-35409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}