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necessarily implied in, and may operate in accordance with, Part 5
(commencing with Section 31000), Part 6 (commencing with Section 31300),
Part 7 (commencing with Section 31650), and Part 8 (commencing with
Section 32200) of the County Water District Law (Division 12 (commencing
with Section 30000)) of the Water Code. The agency may exercise these
powers throughout its territory.
(b) The agency may exercise any functions or class of services that are
not certified by the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County
of Los Angeles under subdivision (e) of Section 29 only pursuant to
application to, and approval of, the Local Agency Formation Commission
for the County of Los Angeles, as provided in that section.
Sec. 18. The agency shall have the power to do all of the following:
(a) To acquire, hold, and utilize water and water rights, including, but
not limited to, water available from the state under the State Water Resources
Development System, and to provide, sell, manage, and deliver surface
water, groundwater, and recycled water for municipal, industrial, domestic,
and other purposes at retail and wholesale throughout the territory of the
agency.
(b) To construct, operate, and maintain works to develop energy,
including, but not limited to, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and other renewable
sources, inside or outside the agency for use by the agency in the operation
of its works or as a means of assisting in financing the construction,
operation, and maintenance of its projects for the control, conservation,
diversion, and transmission of water and to enter into contracts for the sale
of the energy. The energy may be marketed only at wholesale to any public
agency or private entity, or both.
(c) To enter into contracts with any public agency or private entity
engaged in the generation or distribution of electric energy for the right to
use falling water, facilities, or real property of the agency, either inside or
outside the agency, for energy generation or distribution purposes.
(d) To develop, treat, distribute, manage, and reclaim water, and to store
and recover water from groundwater basins located wholly or partially inside
or outside the boundaries of the agency and, in exercising that power, to
make and enter into contracts allowing that storage and recovery.
(e) To join with one or more public agencies, private corporations, or
other persons for the purpose of carrying out any of the powers of the agency,
and for that purpose to contract with other public agencies or private
corporations or persons for the purpose of financing those acquisitions,
constructions, and operations. The contracts may provide for contributions
to be made by each party to the contract and for the division and
apportionment of the expenses of the acquisitions and operations, and the
division and apportionment of the benefits, the services and products from
the contract, and may provide for any agency to effect the acquisitions and
to carry on the operations, and shall provide in the powers and methods of
procedure for the agency the method by which the agency may contract.
The contracts with other public agencies or private corporations or persons
may contain other and further covenants and agreements as may be necessary

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