The district board of directors may:
(1) Make surveys or utilize other surveys and data to plan and develop water projects;
(2) Cooperate or contract with any person, state, or subdivision thereof, federal agency or private or public corporation as necessary;
(3) Construct, clean, repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim, or change any watercourse, natural or artificial, within the district in cooperation with other state or federal public bodies having jurisdiction;
(4) Acquire, lease, operate, construct, and maintain dams, dikes, reservoirs, or other works as necessary;
(5) Acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or eminent domain any real and personal property as necessary;
(6) Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of unneeded district property;
(7) Contract for purchase of insurance;
(8) Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological data;
(9) Enter into contracts for construction authorized by this chapter; and
(10) Acquire property and construct works outside the boundaries of the district.