A district may construct, purchase, condemn and purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate waterworks and irrigation plants and systems, within or without its limits, for the purpose of furnishing the district, and the inhabitants thereof, and of the county in which the district is located, and any other persons including public and private corporations within or without the limits of the district or the county, with an ample supply of water for all purposes, public and private, including water power, domestic use, and irrigation, with full and exclusive authority to sell and regulate and control the use, distribution, and price thereof.
RCW 54.16.030
Water and irrigation works.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 121 Wash. 2d 625 - Margola Associates v. City of Seattle (1993)
Most recently applied in Carrillo v. City of Ocean Shores (July 2004)
1999 c 154 s 1; 1998 c 49 s 1; 1955 c 390 s 4
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.