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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.050 (2026)

Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities

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  91.050.  Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities. — Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to enter into contracts therefor, for such time, upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.

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(RSMo 1939 § 7790)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 7645; 1919 § 9083; 1909 § 9905

(1989) Provision of water to nonresidents is permissive, not mandatory, and is generally subject to contractual agreement between the city and nonresident.  City's requirement that residents of unincor-porated portion of county sign a petition for voluntary annexation in order to have access to city's water and sewer systems is entirely consistent with this statute.  Blackwell v. City of St. Charles (E.D.Mo.) 726 F.Supp. 256.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1966–2022 · leading case: City of Hamilton v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. 2 of Caldwell Cnty., 849 S.W.2d 96 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993).
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City of Hamilton v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. 2 of Caldwell Cnty., 849 S.W.2d 96 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 6× “The contract for sale of water presented for interpretation by the declaratory judgment action was concluded between the City and the District under the auspices of § 91.050, RSMo 1986. That statute enables a city that owns a system of waterworks to supply water from its…”
City of Harrisonville v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 9, 49 S.W.3d 225 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “The court held that § 91.050 3 and Chapter 247 do not limit or restrict where the city may supply water, and the district did not have the exclusive right to supply water within its boundaries.”
Forest City v. City of Oregon, 569 S.W.2d 330 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 3× “050 provides that any city may supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants and “also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to enter into contracts therefor,…”
Associated Elec. Coop., Inc. v. City of Springfield, 793 S.W.2d 517 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “Plaintiffs attempt to distinguish Speas , asserting that its ruling was based upon a specific Missouri statute, presently § 91.050, RSMo 1986, which authorized municipalities to supply water “to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city”.”
Chance v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No 16, 41 S.W.3d 523 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “2d 973 (1967), this court cited another Missouri statute, § 91.050, 2 in determining that cities may supply water to property inside a water district’s territory.”
AG Processing, Inc. v. South St. Joseph Indus. Sewer Dist., 937 S.W.2d 319 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Specifically, § 91.050, RSMo.1994 provides that any city may “supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to…”
Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 14 of Jackson Cnty. v. Scoville, 221 S.W.3d 493 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 7× “Section 91.050, RSMo 2000, says, "Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to…”
Jackson Cnty. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 1 v. Ong Aircraft Corp., 409 S.W.2d 226 (Mo. Ct. App. 1966). · cites it 4× “050 provides as follows: “Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons…”
Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 1 of Greene Co v. City of Springfield, 52 F.4th 372 (8th Cir. 2022). “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.050 . Under § 91.050, the City provides water service to subdivisions that are outside its corporate limits but within PWSD’s service areas (the “Disputed Subdivisions”).”
Blackwell v. City of St. Charles, 726 F. Supp. 256 (E.D. Mo. 1989). “) Plaintiffs themselves cite § 91.050 R.S.Mo., which provides: Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of…”
Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 1 of Greene Cnty., MO v. City of Springfield, MO, No. 6:20-cv-03318 (W.D. Mo. Oct. 14, 2021). “The Court’s rejects PWSD’s arguments in support of a more expansive interpretation. PWSD emphasizes that § 1926(b) should be construed in favor of protecting rural water districts 6 Specifically, Missouri Revised Statute § 91.”
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