District Board of the Metropolitan Sewerage District v. Blue Ridge Plating Co.

WYNN, Judge.

Petitioner-appellee, Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County (“MSD”), is a North Carolina municipal corporation created under the provisions of the Metropolitan Sewerage District Act of North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 153, Article 25, Sections 153-295 to 153-324 (succeeded by Chapter 162A, Article 5, Sections 162A-64 through 81 (1991)). MSD owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant, collection lines and sewers in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Respondents-appellants, Blue Ridge Plating, Inc. (“Blue Ridge”) and Bill Joe Benfield are “industrial users” of…