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Calaveras County Water District, Utica Power Authority end spat over water rights

Posted by: Maven on November 6, 2009 at 8:18 am

From the Union-Democrat:

“The Utica Power Authority and the Calaveras County Water district inked an agreement Tuesday resolving their long-running dispute over water rights.

The document confirms UPA’s ownership of the rights to the water that runs in the Utica Ditch from Hunter Reservoir, near Hathaway Pines, to the Angels Powerhouse — a claim CCWD once contested.

In a letter to the California Water Resources Board in early 2008, CCWD had asserted it retained co-ownership of those rights despite the district’s 2004 departure from UPA, which now consists of the City of Angels Camp and Union Public Utility District.

The letter led UPA, which argued CCWD did not reserve those rights in a 1997 agreement between the agencies, to file a lawsuit in April against CCWD. …”

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November 6, 2009 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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