water authority
Municipal supply overseer
A water authority is a government or quasi-governmental agency responsible for managing water supply, treatment, and distribution in a region.
Water authorities typically handle infrastructure maintenance, set rates, ensure quality standards, and may also manage wastewater and sewage systems: The water authority issued a boil advisory after the main break.
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
- pipesCylindrical fluid carriers
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- meterDevice that measures usage
meter reader · billing · sewage · treatment · wastewater treatment · ratepayer · chlorine · mains · lead pipes · infrastructure · pumping · drought · conservation · municipal · district · supply · tap · hydrant
- water resourcesfreshwater, aquifers, aquifer, watersheds, groundwater
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, department, ministry
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- water supplywells, pumps, pipes, freshwater, pumping stations
- public enterprisespublic utility, public utilities, public services, national bank, national railway
- water managementdam, irrigation, cistern, drainage, sluice gate
water authorityself-supply
Furnishing one's own needs
rainwater harvesting · cistern · spring collection · bottled water
water authoritycistern
Water storage chamber
rain barrel · spring · borehole · artesian well · pond
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