§ 2.04. Waterworks.

The city shall also have the power to contract with any other political subdivision in this state for the use of its own water supply, or the water supply of such other political subdivision, in whole or in part, upon any terms as may be agreed upon. The city may contract for the sale of water, whether within or without the city limits, and collect such rates or charges for the use thereof as it may deem proper, or as may be agreed upon with any other political subdivision under the provisions hereof or any other law of this state.

The city may establish or enlarge its waterworks, within or without the limits of the city, contract and agree with the owners, whether the same be individuals, private corporations, or public service corporations, of any land, water, water rights or easements, for the use or purchase thereof, or may have the same condemned for the location, extension and enlargement of the works, the pipes connected therewith, or any fixtures or appurtenances thereof.

The city shall have the power to make reasonable rules and regulations and to enact ordinances with adequate penalties for protecting its water supply from pollution and for protecting from injury its waterworks, pipes, fixtures, lakes and land or anything connected therewith, and for these purposes to exercise full police powers and sanitary patrol over all of Portsmouth's lands comprised within the watershed tributary. The city shall have the power to prosecute violations of any such rules, regulations, and ordinances and to obtain injunctive relief in the courts of the city, regardless of the place of occurrence of any violation or act.