A Public Utility District (PUD) is an entity that provides, electricity, natural gas, sewer, waste collection, wholesale telecommunications, water, etc., to the residents of that district. The district is created by a geographical and political body such as a city, county, metropolitan service area (multiple communities joining together for efficiency), etc., for the sole purpose of promoting the development of a designated area by providing a service (of water and sewer, electricity, gas, etc.,) to the members, or consumers, of that district. The PUD operates in the same manner as a Municipal Utility District, but is created by a local government, not a private developer. Normally the districts are nonprofit entities. The general members usually elect a board to run the utility. Jump to: navigation, search An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. ... Jump to: navigation, search Electricity is a general term applied to phenomena involving a fundamental property of matter called an electric charge. ... Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries, but note that this is also American and Canadian slang for gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ... Sewers transport wastewater from buildings to treatment facilities. ... Koran inside a rubbish bin Koran is unwanted or undesired material left over after the completion of a process. ... Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. ... Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Jump to: navigation, search Water (from the Old English word wæter; c. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... When the word metropolitan (from the Greek metera = mother and polis = town) is used as an adjective, as in metropolitan bishop, metropolitan France, or metropolitan area it can mean: of or characteristic of a metropolis; see also metropolitan area, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Railway of or belonging to the home territories... In economics, consumers are individuals or households that consume goods and services generated within the economy. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...