Ridgelake Apartments v. Harpeth Valley Utilities District of Davidson and Williamson Counties

Harpeth Valley Utilities District of Davidson and Williamson Counties is a supplier of water and sewer services with charges for such services being based on gallonage of water measured by a water meter installed where the water main supply line joins the water line owned by the customer. Ridgelake Apartments is an apartment complex served by both a main residential water meter and an irrigation meter. Water supplied through the irrigation meter is not subject to sewer charges, but water supplied through the main residential meter is subject to such charges. Over a period of years, leaks developed in the water lines owned by Ridgelake on the Ridgelake side of the main residential water meter. Ridgelake sought reimbursement of sewer charges for water lost in these leaks on the basis that such water did not enter the sanitary sewer system. The trial court granted summary judgment to the Utility District, and we affirm the action of the trial court.