{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-71616","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 71616","heading":"","body":"A district, so far as practicable, shall fix such rates for water in the district, and in each improvement district therein, as will result in revenues which will:\n(a) Pay the operating expenses of the district and the improvement district.\n(b) Provide for repairs and depreciation of works.\n(c) Provide a reasonable surplus for improvements, extensions, and enlargements.\n(d) Pay the interest on any bonded debt.\n(e) Provide a sinking or other fund for the payment of the principal of such bonded debt as it becomes due.\n(f) Repay advances, together with interest at a rate not to exceed the interest value of money to the district, made from the district to an improvement district.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 20. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS [71000. - 73001.]","PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [71590. - 71760.]","CHAPTER 2. Water [71610. - 71644.]","ARTICLE 1. Development and Sale [71610. - 71618.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8fbdeacc48a5d4d00177b58255f2506dcac080b2f5c72bb3fa6be81c7e4996cf","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-71615","next":"us-ca/wat-71617"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}