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====Municipal utility districts====
A '''municipal utility district '''is a [[special district (United States)|special-purpose district]] or other [[jurisdiction]] that provides services (such as [[electricity]], [[natural gas]], [[sewage treatment]], [[waste collection]]/[[Waste management|management]], [[wholesale]] [[telecommunications]], and [[water]]) to district residents. Local residents may vote to establish a municipal utility district, which is represented by a board of directors elected by constituents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGlinchy |first1=Audrey |title=Everything You Wanted To Know About MUDs But Were Too Afraid To Ask |url=https://www.kut.org/austin/2016-02-22/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-muds-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=KUT News |agency=KUT Public Media |date=22 February 2016 |language=en}}</ref>  Municipal utilities are nonprofit government entities that serve at either the local or state level.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greer |first1=Monica |title=Electricity cost modeling calculations |date=2011 |publisher=Academic Press/Elsevier |location=Burlington, MA |isbn=978-185617726-9 |page=48}}</ref>

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In the United States, '''public utility districts''' ('''PUD''') have similar functions to municipal utility districts, but are created by a local government body such as a city or county, and have no authority to levy taxes. They provide [[public utility|public utilities]] to the residents of that district.<ref name="Cypress Forest Public Utility">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.cyforestpud.com/about/|website=Cypress Forest Public Utility|access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref>

PUDs are created by a [[local government]] body, such as a [[city]], [[county (United States)|county]], or [[metropolitan area|metropolitan]] service area (two or more communities joining for public utility purposes). Normally the districts are [[nonprofit organization|non-profit]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slechta |first1=Alfred F. |first2=Gordon L. |last2=Culp |title=Water reclamation studies at the South Tahoe public utility district |journal=Water Pollution Control Federation |date=1967 |pages=787–814 }}</ref> PUDs are often governed by a [[government agency|commission]], which may be appointed or [[election|elected]].