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Dear Mr. Cannon:

On behalf of the Town of Lake Providence You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether the Town of Lake Providence must provide water to a Louisiana property owner whose property falls within the jurisdiction of the Town's water company and, if so, whether there are any prohibitions on what the Louisiana property owner does with the water after being purchased from the Town.

As indicated in your request the Town of Lake Providence owns and operates its own water system. The power of a municipal corporation to construct, acquire, extend, or improve any…