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A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to statewide government monopolies .
Australia - Unitywater, Queensland Urban Utilities Barbados - Barbados Water Authority Botswana - Water Utilities Corporation Brazil - Sabesp, Sanepar, Copasa, Semasa China Hong Kong - Water Supplies Department Macau - Macao Water Egypt - Holding company for water and wastewater, Alexandria Water Company
Public Utility Districts of Washington (state) (6 P) Pages in category "Public utilities of the United States" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
A public utility building (also known as infrastructure building, and utility building [1]) is a building used by a public utility to maintain its office or to house equipment used in connection to the public utility. Examples include pumping stations, gas regulation stations, and other buildings that house infrastructure components and ...
Companies portal; Public utilities (just "utilities" in British English) are typically defined as companies that supply what are considered basic (essential) services to homes and businesses, such as electricity, gas, waste disposal, water and sewer connections, where competition is very limited.
A public water system that supplies water to the same population year-round. Non-Transient Non-Community Water System (NTNCWS). A public water system that regularly supplies water to at least 25 of the same people at least six months per year. Some examples are schools, factories, office buildings, and hospitals, which have water systems.
The cause of the deadly Palisades Fire, which has burned almost 24,000 acres since erupting on Jan. 7, is still under investigation. LADWP, the largest U.S. municipal utility, has not yet filed an ...
Nonetheless, such privately provided public services are often strongly regulated, for example (in the US) by Public Utility Commissions. Examples noted in a history of public services in Oxford include street-repair, cleansing, and lighting, drainage and sewage disposal, water, gas and electricity supply, police and fire services, the Post ...