A city of the first class that owns and operates a water plant or department, whether the water plant is under the control of the council or a board of water commissioners, may furnish water to a contiguous city or town. The furnishing city may extend its mains and assess the cost of extending them against the property abutting the street where the mains are laid.
Minn. Stat. § 456.29
(1491-2) 1927 c 134 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 469 art 7 s 1