Geneva Water Corp. v. City of Bellingham

Geneva Water Corporation, Van Wyck Water District, and Water District No. 2, three water districts located outside of the corporate boundaries of the City of Bellingham (hereinafter generally referred to as “water districts”), appeal from a judgment dismissing their lawsuit in which they alleged that the City’s nonresident water rate ordinance is discriminatory, arbitrary, and unreasonable. The water districts primarily sought recovery for claimed overcharges resulting from the allegedly excessive rate differential between resident and nonresident bulk water users, and for repayment of a…