Section 55.161 - Purposes of District(a) A water improvement district may provide for irrigation of the land within its boundaries.(b) A district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may furnish water for domestic, power, and commercial purposes.(c) A district may be formed to cooperate with the United States under the federal reclamation laws for the purpose of: (1) construction of irrigation and drainage facilities necessary to maintain the irrigability of the land;(2) purchase, extension, operation, or maintenance of constructed facilities; or(3) assumption, as principal or guarantor, of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 440, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. 8/30/1971.