This section allows a district to set up and run facilities and services for dealing with sewage, waste, and storm water, both inside and outside its boundaries. When providing these services outside the district, the facilities must mainly serve those inside the district. If the district wants to offer these services in areas controlled by another similar district or municipality, it needs permission from the governing body there. This rule specifically applies to situations where two California water districts share a border.

This law allows a district to set, change, and collect fees for using the services and facilities it provides according to this article.

This law allows a district to combine different rates or charges into one single bill along with the water charges. If someone doesn't pay the entire bill or even just a part of it, the district can stop all services that are billed together. However, the district can still use other legal ways to collect the money.

When a district installs a new sewer system in an area, they can declare old methods of sewage disposal like cesspools and septic tanks to be nuisances. They can also require any building within 150 feet of the sewer system to connect to it. This connection must happen within at least 120 days after the sewer system is ready.

Before a district can use the powers given by this article, the board must ask the voters in the district if they agree to it. This happens through a vote, and a majority must say yes for the powers to be used. The vote can happen during an election specifically for this proposition, or be combined with another election, like one about issuing bonds for district improvements. If such a bond issue was already approved in an election before a 1964 law change, it is still valid. Only one election is needed to give the district or future laws the green light to use these powers.

This law section allows a district to use certain powers after holding a board hearing. The district must notify people in the area as per specific guidelines. During the hearing, the board listens to anyone who wants to speak and considers any written protests from local property owners. If more than half of the property owners send written protests, the district can't use those powers. The process to check if there's a majority protest is described in another section.

If a large part of a county sanitation district is within one California water district, the county's leaders can transfer their power to the water district's board, but only if the water district agrees in writing.

This law allows a district to use any powers or follow any procedures available to it under this division, as long as they are relevant and can be applied to achieve the goals set out in this article.

This section outlines the various powers and procedures, including issuing bonds and warrants, forming improvement districts, exercising eminent domain, and entering into contracts with other agencies. These actions are detailed in specific chapters and articles within Part 5 and Part 6 of the code, starting with the specified sections.

This section explains that any powers or procedures mentioned in an earlier part of the law are allowed if they help achieve the goals and purposes of this legal article. Whether those powers are necessary, helpful, or simply preferred doesn't matter as long as they support the article's objectives.

If a district's boundaries change under the District Reorganization Act of 1965, the powers it originally had can still be used only in the part of the district where they were first allowed, if this is stated clearly when the changes are made.