ABSTRACT: On Monday, November 24, 2014, Marina Coast Water District filed a lawsuit against California American Water Company and California Coastal Commission in Sacramento County Superior Court “
seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction against Cal Am and the Coastal Commission to block Cal Am from moving forward” with the test slant well. The lawsuit states, in part, “
Cal Am has no groundwater rights in the Salinas River Groundwater Basin." "The slant well project and Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project [the name of the current desalination proposal] could have a significant impact on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin," according to reporting in the MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY. Marina Coast Water District’s request for a restraining order is scheduled for a hearing on Friday, December 5, 2014.
And on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, “
Opening arguments in the case pitting three former regional partners — the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, California American Water and the Marina Coast Water District — are set for Tuesday before Judge Curtis Karnow in San Francisco Superior Court. At issue whether the conviction of former county water board member Stephen Collins on a conflict-of-interest charge voided project agreements, a key to determining who is liable for up to $18 million in remaining costs for the now-abandoned project” according to reporting in The Monterey County Herald.
REFERENCES:
Marina Coast Water District sues California Coastal Commission over approving Cal Am test well.
Sara Rubin, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY, November 26, 2014
Regional desal project trial to start in SF next week
By Jim Johnson, Monterey Herald
Posted: 11/26/14, 6:07 PM PST
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