(a) The authority has the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including those provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
(b) The authority may exercise the powers necessary to accomplish the rights and duties specified in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as provided by Chapters 51 and 54, Water Code.
(c) The authority may construct or acquire projects the board determines are needed and incident or related to the performance of the rights and duties described by Subsection (b).