48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

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3 sections with “water and sewage service”

  • FAR 41.702 Formats for annual utility service review.
    …and may be used at the agency's discretion: (1) Electric service. (2) Gas service. (3) Water and sewage service. (b) Contracting officers may modify the annual utility service review format as necessary to fully cover the service used.
  • FAR 41.701 Formats for utility service specifications.
    …1(a) and may be used and modified at the agency's discretion: (1) Electric service. (2) Water service. (3) Steam service. (4) Sewage service. (5) Natural gas service. (b) Contracting officers may modify the specification format refere…
  • FAR 41.202 Procedures.
    … “entire utility service” includes the provision of the utility service capacity, energy, water, sewage, transportation, standby or back-up service, transmission and/or distribution service, quality assurance, system reliability, system ope…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.