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other matters of management, administration and operation;
<br /> (v) take by eminent domain pursuant to chapter 79 or 80A of the General Laws or acquire, by lease'purchase,
<br /> gift or otherwise and hold: (1) land, waters or any portion thereof; (2) pond, spring or stream; (3) groundwater
<br /> sources of supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells within the territorial limits of the town of Mashpee'or
<br /> towns adjoining the town of Mashpee not already specifically appropriated for the purposes of a public water supply
<br /> by another governmental body or for the purposes of wastewater treatment or disposal and the water and flowage
<br /> rights connected,with any such land or water sources; and (4) land, rights of way and other easements necessary
<br /> for collecting, storing, holding, purifying and preserving the purity of the water and for conveying the'sa.me to any
<br /> 'part of the district; provided, however; that any person or political subdivision of the commonwealth or body politic
<br /> sustaining damages by a taking pursuant to this act or any other thing done pursuant to this act may recover such
<br /> damages from the district pursuant to said chapter 79 or 80A; and provided further, that the right to damages for the
<br /> taking of any water, water right or water source or for any injury thereto shall not vest until water is actually
<br /> withdrawn or diverted pursuant to this act;
<br /> (vi) construct and maintain on the lands acquired and held under this act, proper dams, wells, springs, reservoirs,
<br /> standpipes, tanks, pumping plants, buildings, fixtures and other structures, including the establishment and
<br /> maintenance of purification works or systems, make excavations, procure and operate machinery and provide such
<br /> other means and appliances and do such other things as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance
<br /> of complete and effective water or wastewater works and, for such purposes, construct pipe fines, wells and
<br /> reservoirs, establish pumping works and construct, lay, acquire and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other
<br /> works under or over any land, water courses, railroads, railways and public or other ways and along such ways in
<br /> the town of Mashpee in such a manner so as not to unnecessarily obstruct the same;
<br /> (vii) for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing aqueducts, conduits, pipes and
<br /> other works and, for all other purposes of this act, dig up or raise and embank any lands, highways or other ways in
<br /> such a manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel on such ways; provided, however, that the manner in
<br /> which such projects are completed upon such ways shall be subject to the direction of the appropriate governmental
<br /> authority having jurisdiction over such ways;
<br /> (viii) enter upon any lands for water supply exploration, to, make surveys or to test wells, pits or borings and take
<br /> or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily any lands necessary for the construction of any work or for any
<br /> other purpose authorized by this act;
<br /> (ix) charge a systems development fee to those applicants seeking to connect to either the water supply system
<br /> or to the wastewater treatment system; provided, however, that such funds shall be kept by the district treasurer in a
<br /> separate account to be appropriated by a district meeting and applied, as needed, for the cost of acquisition or
<br /> development of new well fields, storage and distribution systems and for-the purchase of all related materials,
<br /> equipment, labor, work and other items associated therewith which will contribute to the betterment of the
<br /> waterworks and wastewater systems; and provided further, that applicants seeking to connect to the wastewater
<br /> treatment system who have previously paid a systems development fee for connection to the water distribution
<br /> system shall be subject only to such systems development fee.for connection to the wastewater treatment system;
<br /> (x) sell-such of the property of the district from time to time as shall, in the.opinion of the board of water and
<br /> sewer commissioners; be no longer useful in the conduct of the affairs of the district;
<br /> (A) employ personnel and engage architectural, engineering, accounting, management, legal, financial and
<br /> environmental consulting and other professional services;
<br /> (xii) adopt rules, regulations and policies governing the management of the waterworks and wastewater
<br /> systems, the use and consumption of water and the output into the system of wastewater and deny any connection
<br /> to the district for any proposed connection that would be inconsistent with its rules, regulations and policies or which
<br /> would place an undue burden on the resources of the district or unduly tax its capacity to supply water or to treat
<br /> wastewater;
<br /> (xiii) establish specific construction standards and specifications for the water supply system and wastewater
<br /> treatment works;
<br /> (xiv) purchase insurance on behalf of itself and any of its members, officers, employees or agents against any
<br /> liability arising out of any such members, officer's, employee's or agent's status as such, whether or not the district
<br /> would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability; and
<br /> (xv) do all things necessary, convenient or desirable for carrying out this act or the powers expressly granted or
<br /> necessarily implied by this act, including entering into agreements with other cities, towns or commissions or,with
<br /> prior district meeting approval, any private person or entity to provide for the joint operation of public activities in
<br /> accordance with section 4A of chapter 40 of the General Laws; provided, however, that for the purposes of
<br /> said section 4A of said chapter 40, the board of water and sewer commissioners shall have the powers of a
<br /> prudential committee; and provided further, that in,carrying out the powers conferred by this clause and in
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