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 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.
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