UW-971072         Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND  )
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, )
      )
   Complainant, ) DOCKET UW-971072
      )
  vs.    )
      )
SOUND WATER COMPANY, INC. ) ORDER EFFECTING
      ) WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRACT
      ) DISMISSING COMPLAINT AND ORDER
   Respondent. ) SUSPENDING CONTRACT AND
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) CLOSING DOCKET

  On June 27, 1997, Sound Water Company, Inc., (Sound Water) filed with the 
Commission a contract for the provision of domestic water service to Oakridge 
Homes, Woodfield II subdivision.

  It appearing that the filing herein would increase rates for water service 
rendered by respondent and that the rights and interest of the public might be 
injuriously effected thereby, the Commission, on July 9, 1997, entered a 
Complaint and Order Suspending Contract.

  The Commission is now in receipt of a letter dated March 16, 1998, by which 
the new owner of Sound Water assets, Rainier View Water Company, Inc. (Rainier 
View) respondent, requests that the contract filed in this docket be withdrawn. 
Rainier View has determined that Woodfield II subdivision is complete as the 
developer is currently working Woodfield III subdivision.  Rainier View is in 
the process of addressing the unique circumstances of this project under a 
separate company standard contract.

  From all indications, it appears to be in the public interest to grant the 
request and to concurrently dismiss the Complaint and Order Suspending 
Contract, and close the docket.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the contract, filed in this docket, 
dated June 27, 1997, shall be and the same withdrawn, and that the Complaint 
and Order Suspending Contract in this docket dated July 9, 1997, shall be and 
the same is hereby dismissed, and the docket number referenced herein is closed.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 8th day of April, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary