45-1901. Definitions


In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Active management area" means an active management area established under
chapter 2 of this title.


2. "Authority" means a county water augmentation authority established under this
chapter.


3. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.


4. "County" means the county containing over fifty per cent of the area of the
authority.


5. "Operating unit" means a county, city, town, water company or political
subdivision, this state, the United States, an Indian tribe or any other public or
private entity with which an authority has a contractual relationship for the
acquisition, delivery, exchange, treatment, storage or recharge of water.


6. "Project" means a facility necessary or convenient to obtain, divert, withdraw,
transport, exchange, deliver, treat or recharge water, including rights-of-way, real and
personal property, interests in property and improvements to property that are necessary
or appropriate to maintain and operate the facilities.


7. "Water company" means either a private water company as defined in section
45-402 or an irrigation district that primarily serves municipal water.