{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"240","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 240","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [201. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.","effective":null,"html":"<p>“Water system” includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, headgates, pipes, flumes, canals, structures, and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the diversion, development, storage, supply, distribution, sale, furnishing, carriage, apportionment, or measurement of water for power, irrigation, reclamation, or manufacturing, or for municipal, domestic, or other beneficial use.</p>","text":"“Water system” includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, headgates, pipes, flumes, canals, structures, and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the diversion, development, storage, supply, distribution, sale, furnishing, carriage, apportionment, or measurement of water for power, irrigation, reclamation, or manufacturing, or for municipal, domestic, or other beneficial use.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/general-provisions-and-definitions-240","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}