The secretary of transportation, the board of county commissioners of any county, the governing body of any city, and the governing body of any township, may grant an easement in, respectively, any state highway, county road, city street, or township road right-of-way to municipalities or corporations, either individually or jointly, which have contracted under the provisions of this act to provide a common supply of water, for the purpose of laying mains, pipes, conduits or aqueducts or locating other works deemed necessary by such participating municipalities and corporations in order to provide for a common supply of water.